XXXVI. THE REIGN OF JEHOAHAZ (2 Chronicles 36:1). (Comp. 2 Kings 23:30; 2 Kings 3 Esdr. 1:32-36.) (1) THEN. — _And._ THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND TOOK JEHOAHAZ. — Comp. 2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 33:25. Jehoahaz or Shallum was not the firstborn (1 Chron. iii 15). See Notes on 2 Kings 23:30, with w... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOAHAZ WAS TWENTY AND-THREE. — So Kings, adding the mother’s name as usual. (So the LXX. here.)... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE KING OF EGYPT PUT HIM DOWN AT JERUSALEM. — Rather, _removed him._ 3 Esdr. 1:33 adds “from reigning,” which is almost demanded by the context. The LXX. follows the reading of 2 Kings 23:33 : “And Pharaoh-necho bound him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning (_i.e.,_ so that he reign... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THE KING OF EGYPT MADE ELIAKIM. — The verse agrees with 2 Kings 23:34. CARRIED HIM TO EGYPT. — _Made him come._ Kings, “and he came to Egypt, and died there.” Comp. Jeremiah 22:10. The LXX. adds: and the silver and the gold he gave to the Pharaoh. Then the land began to be assessed, in order to... [ Continue Reading ]
THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM (2 Chronicles 36:5). (Comp. 2 Kings 23:36 to 2 Kings 24:7; 2 Kings 3; 2 Kings 3 Esdr. 1:37-41; Jeremiah 25:26) (5) JEHOIAKIM... IN JERUSALEM. — 2 Kings 23:36, adding the mother’s name. here. So LXX. AND HE DID ... THE LORD. — 2 Kings 23:37, which adds “ [ Continue Reading ]
NEBUCHADNEZZAR ALSO CARRIED. — _And of the vessels of the house... did Nebuchadnezzar bring._ Not mentioned in Kings, but confirmed by Daniel 1:2. IN HIS TEMPLE. — The temple of “Mercdach, my Lord” (_Bilu, i.e., Bel_)_,_ whom his inscriptions so frequently mention. The great temple of Belus (Bel Me... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THE REST OF THE ACTS. — (Comp. 2 Kings 24:5.) AND HIS ABOMINATIONS WHICH HE DID. — His crimes against God and man, _i.e.,_ probably acts of idolatry and tyranny. (Comp. Jeremiah 25:6; Jeremiah 7:5; Jeremiah 22:13; covetousness, shedding innocent blood, &c. charged against him.) THAT WHICH WAS... [ Continue Reading ]
JEHOIACHIN WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD. — 2 Kings 24:8 has correctly “eighteen;” and so some MSS., LXX. (Alex.), Syriac, Arabic. What the prophet Ezekiel says of him could not apply to a boy of eight. (The difference turns on the omission of the smallest Hebrew letter, namely, _yod,_ which as a numeral repr... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED. — See margin. “At the return of the year” means in spring, when kings usually went forth to war. (2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Kings 20:22.) Kings gives a full account of the siege and surrender of Jerusalem, and the deportation to Babylon of the king and all his princes and men o... [ Continue Reading ]
ZEDEKIAH AND THE FINAL CATASTROPHE (2 Chronicles 36:11). (Comp. 2 Kings 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 39, 52; Jeremiah 3 Esdr. 1:44-55.) (11) ZEDEKIAH WAS ONE AND TWENTY. — So 2 Kings 24:18, adding his mother’s name (Hamutal, who was also mother of Jehoahaz). BEFORE JEREMIAN... MOUTH OF THE LORD... [ Continue Reading ]
AND HE ALSO REBELLED. — 2 Kings 24:20. WHO HAD MADE HIM SWEAR BY GOD. — When Nebuchadnezzar appointed Zedekiah vassal-king of Judah, he would naturally make him swear fealty to himself by the God of his fathers. The fact is not specially recorded in Kings; but the prophet Ezekiel makes it the point... [ Continue Reading ]
SINS OF THE RULING CLASSES WHICH BROUGHT DOWN THE JUDGMENT OF GOD (2 Chronicles 36:14). (Comp. with this passage 2 Kings 17:7.) (14) THE CHIEFS. — _The princes._ TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH. — _Committed manifold unfaithfulness._ AFTER ALL THE ABOMINATIONS ... — See Ezekiel 8:5; where “the princes of t... [ Continue Reading ]
RISING UP BETIMES AND SENDING. — i.e., constantly and earnestly. Jeremiah 25:3 : “The Lord hath sent all his servants, the prophets, rising early and sending them” (comp. also Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:14). HE HAD COMPASSION ON. — He _spared, was forbearing with._ DWELLING PLACE. —... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THEY MOCKED. — _And they were mocking, mal’îbîm_; only here (an Aramaism). MISUSED. — _Mitta’te’îm,_ only here. _Derided,_ strictly, _stammered._ Another form of this verb occurs in Genesis 27:12. (Comp. for the fact Isaiah 28:9; Ezekiel 33:30; Jeremiah 17:15; Jeremiah 20:7.) TILL THERE WAS NO... [ Continue Reading ]
THEREFORE HE BROUGHT UP. — _And He caused to come up;_ alluding to “the wrath... _went up_.” IN THE HOUSE OF THEIR SANCTUARY. — Which they had polluted (2 Chronicles 36:14). The scene of their sin witnessed their destruction. HIM THAT STOOPED FOR AGE. — Rather, _greyheaded, hoary_ (_yâshçsh_). (Co... [ Continue Reading ]
ALL THE VESSELS... (the) GREAT AND (the) SMALL. — See 2 Kings 25:13, for an inventory of the articles; also Jeremiah 27:19 _seq. _... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY BURNT THE HOUSE OF GOD. — 2 Kings 25:9. BRAKE DOWN THE WALL ... — Jeremiah 39:8; 2 Kings 25:9. AND DESTROYED ALL THE GOODLY VESSELS. — Literally, _And all her delightsome vessels were for destroying_ (_lĕhashchîth_). (Comp. Isaiah 64:11): “all our pleasant things are laid waste.” 2 Kings 25:1... [ Continue Reading ]
TO FULFIL. — _lĕmalûth_ (an Aramaised form). THE WORD... JEREMIAH. — The seventy years of Babylonian exile are predicted in Jeremiah 25:11. (Comp. also Jeremiah 29:10 : “Thus saith the Lord, After seventy years be accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you.”) UNTIL THE LAND HAD ENJOYED HER SABBATHS... [ Continue Reading ]