CHAPTER XXXVI _Jehoahaz made king on the death of his father Josiah, and_ _reigns only_ three _months_, 1, 2. _He is dethroned by the king of Egypt, and Jehoiakim his brother_ _made king in his stead, who reigns wickedly_ eleven _years, and_ _is dethroned and led captive to Babylon by Nebuchadn... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:3. _THE KING OF EGYPT PUT HIM DOWN_] He now considered Judah to be _conquered_, and _tributary_ to him and because the people had set up Jehoahaz without his consent, he dethroned him, and put his brother in his place, perhaps for no other reason but to show his supremacy. For... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:6. _CAME UP NEBUCHADNEZZAR_] 2 Kings 24:1. Archbishop _Usher_ believes that Jehoiakim remained _three_ years after this tributary to the Chaldeans, and that it is from this period that the _seventy years' captivity_, predicted by Jeremiah, is to be reckoned.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:9. _JEHOIACHIN_ WAS _EIGHT_] See on 2 Kings 24:6.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:10. _MADE ZEDEKIAH - KING_] His name was at first _Mattaniah_, but the king of Babylon changed it to _Zedekiah_. See 2 Kings 24:17, and the notes there.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:12. _DID_ THAT WHICH WAS _EVIL_] Was there ever such a set of weak, infatuated men as the Jewish kings in general? They had the fullest evidence that they were only _deputies_ to God Almighty, and that they could not expect to retain the throne any longer than they were faithfu... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:19. _THEY BURNT THE HOUSE OF GOD_] Here was an end to the _temple_; the most superb and costly edifice ever erected by man. _BRAKE DOWN THE WALL OF JERUSALEM_] So it ceased to be a _fortified_ city. _BURNT ALL THE PALACES_] So it was no longer a _dwelling-place_ for _kings_ o... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:21. _TO FULFILL THE WORD OF THE LORD_] See Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 26:6; Jeremiah 29:12. For the miserable death of Zedekiah, see 2 Kings 25:4, c.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:22. _NOW IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS_] This and the following verse are supposed to have been written by _mistake_ from the _book_ _of Ezra_, which begins in the same way. The book of the _Chronicles_, properly speaking, does close with the _twenty-first verse_, as then the Baby... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse 2 Chronicles 36:23. _THE LORD HIS GOD_ BE _WITH HIM_] "Let the WORD of the Lord be his helper, and let him go up." - _Targum_. See the notes on the beginning of Ezra. Ezra 1:1. THUS ends the history of a people the most fickle, the most ungrateful, and perhaps on the whole the most sinful, th... [ Continue Reading ]