Until the reign of the kingdom of Persia— Until the reign of the king of Persia. Houbigant. Respecting the proclamation of Cyrus, see the beginning of the next book: Kennicott thinks that the two last verses of this book belong properly to the book of Ezra.
SERVANTS - Or, “slaves.” They were probably employed by Nebuchadnezzar in the forced labor which his great works necessitated. HIS SONS - The word probably includes all Nebuchadnezzars successors in...
IV. THE CAPTIVITY AND THE EPILOGUE CHAPTER 36:15-23 _ 1. The captivity (2 Chronicles 36:15)_ 2. The epilogue (2 Chronicles 36:22) In infinite patience the Lord still waited for the return of His pe...
SERVANTS. Compare Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 27:7; Daniel 1. This was foretold in 2 Kings 20:17;...
22. JERUSALEM OVERTHROWN (2 Chronicles 36:18-21) TEXT 2 Chronicles 36:18. And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the...
_AND THEM THAT HAD ESCAPED FROM THE SWORD CARRIED HE AWAY TO BABYLON; WHERE THEY WERE SERVANTS TO HIM AND HIS SONS UNTIL THE REIGN OF THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA:_ Them that had escaped from the sword carr...
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM This is a brief record of the reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and of the destruction of Jerusalem. The first twenty vv. of this chapter are abbreviated...
THE REIGN.. PERSIA] i.e. until the overthrow of Babylon by Cyrus in 538....
2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 36 JEHOAHAZ – 2 CHRONICLES 36:1-4 V1 The people in Judah chose Josiah’s...
וַ יֶּ֛גֶל הַ שְּׁאֵרִ֥ית מִן ־הַ חֶ֖רֶב
THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Chronicles 35:1; 2 Chronicles 36:1 WHATEVER influence Manasseh's reformation exercised over his people generally, the taint of idolatry was
DEFEAT AND EXILE 2 Chronicles 36:11 It is expressly stated in Ezekiel 17:13 that Nebuchadnezzar administered to Zedekiah an oath of fealty in the presence of Jehovah. Hence by his rebellion, he not o...
This is the record of the final movements in the downward course of Judah. They are graphically given. First Jehoahaz reigned for three months, and was deposed by the king of Egypt. Jehoiakim succeede...
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of (k) Persia: (k) When Gyrus king of Persia had made...
_Sons; Evilmerodac and Baltassar. --- Persia; Cyrus, who subdued the country._...
Here we arrive to the sad page of Judah's history. To enter into a full detail of this history of the church we must connect with it the writings of the prophet Jeremiah. The character of Zedekiah, an...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 THROUGH 36. Manasseh, his son, who gave himself up to iniquity in spite of the warnings of the prophets, brought desolation and ruin upon himself and after...
AND THEM THAT HAD ESCAPED FROM THE SWORD CARRIED HE AWAY CAPTIVE,.... The king of Babylon, or his general by his orders, excepting some poor persons left to till the land, see Jeremiah 52:15, WHERE T...
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: Ver. 20. _Carried he away to Babylon._] See...
_Where they were servants to him and his sons_ They do not seem to have been made captives to private persons, but to have been taken in one body, and made the servants of the king; that is, to have b...
1 Iehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and caried into Egypt. 5 Iehoiakim raigning ill, is caried bound into Babylon. 9 Iehoiachin succeeding reigneth ill, and is brought into Babylon. 11 Ze...
And them that had escaped from the sword, during the siege and at the capture of the city, CARRIED HE AWAY TO BABYLON, WHERE THEY WERE SERVANTS TO HIM AND HIS SONS UNTIL THE REIGN OF THE KINGDOM OF PE...
Zedekiah's Reign and the end of Judah...
JEHOIAKIM'S REIGN AND CAPTIVITY (vv.5-8) Jehoiakim was evidently older than Jehoahaz for he was 25 when he began to reign (cf.v.2). He reigned 11 years in Judah, but he also dishonoured the memory o...
THEM THAT HAD ESCAPED FROM THE SWORD: _ Heb._ the remainder from the sword...
1-21 The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion towar...
No text from Poole on this verse....
2 Chronicles 36:20 escaped H7611 sword H2719 away H1540 (H8686) Babylon H894 servants H5650 sons H1121 rule...
CONTENTS: Reign and dethronement of Jehoahaz. Final deportation. Captivity of Judah in Babylon. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoahaz, Jehoiachin, Jehoikim, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah, Cyrus, Eliakim, Necho. CONC...
2 Chronicles 36:2. _Jehoahaz the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem._ Necho summoned him to Riblah, put him in irons, and made his elder brother Eliakim king in his room, and changed his name to...
2 CHRONICLES 36:1 The Last Four Kings. Compare 2 Kings 23:31. The Chronicler summarizes the reigns of Judah’s last four kings. Because they abandon the covenant after Josiah’s death, all four will go...
2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 36:19 THEY BURNED THE HOUSE OF GOD. Compare 2 Kings 25:8. The land lying DESOLATE w
CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter gives the reigns of Jehoahaz (2 Chronicles 36:1), of Jehoiakim (2 Chronicles 36:5), of Jehoiachin (2 Chronicles 36:9), and of Zedekiah ...
EXPOSITION One short chapter now brings to a conclusion the work, in so many aspects remarkable, called 'The Chronicles.' And thirteen verses sum the contents of the four last pre-Captivity kings of t...
Now at his death, Jehoahaz began to reign. He was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for only three months in Jerusalem. And the king of Egypt came up, conquered him, and to...
2 Chronicles 36:22; Deuteronomy 28:47; Deuteronomy 28:48; Ezra 1:1;...