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2 Chronicles 36

2 Chronicles 36 - Introduction

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 36 This chapter records the reigns of the four kings of Judah, and the captivity of the Jews, the short reign of Jehoahaz, deposed by the king of Egypt, and his brother Eliakim or Jehoiakim set up in his room, 2 Chronicles 36:1, the reign of Jehoiakim, who was bound and... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:1

Ver. 1-13. THEN THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND TOOK JEHOAHAZ THE SON OF JOSIAH,.... Of whose reign, and of the three following, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and the account of them, from hence to the end of 2 Chronicles 36:13, what needs explanation or reconciliation, 2 Kings 23:31 2 Kings 23:32 2... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:14

MOREOVER, THE CHIEF OF THE PRIESTS, AND OF THE PEOPLE, TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH AFTER ALL THE ABOMINATIONS OF THE HEATHENS,.... The priests, and even the chief of them, who should have instructed the people in the duties of religion, and retained them in the pure worship of God, these were the ringlea... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:15

AND THE LORD GOD OF THEIR FATHERS SENT TO THEM BY HIS MESSENGERS,.... The prophets of the Lord, to admonish them of their idolatries, and to reprove them for them, to warn them of the wrath of God that would come upon them on that account, unless they repented and reformed; these were at the beginni... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:16

BUT THEY MOCKED THE MESSENGERS OF GOD, AND DESPISED HIS WORDS,.... Which was the treatment Jeremiah and Ezekiel frequently met with: AND MISUSED HIS PROPHETS; imprisoned them, as Micaiah and Jeremiah were: UNTIL THE WRATH OF THE LORD AROSE AGAINST HIS PEOPLE; which burned like fire in his breast,... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:17

THEREFORE HE BROUGHT UPON THEM THE KING OF THE CHALDEES,.... Nebuchadnezzar; and though it was the rebellion of Zedekiah which was the cause and occasion of his coming against them, yet it was the Lord that moved him to it, and gave him success: WHO SLEW THEIR YOUNG MEN WITH THE SWORD, IN THE HOUSE... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:18

AND ALL THE VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF GOD, GREAT AND SMALL,.... All that were left; for some had been carried away in both the reigns preceding: AND THE TREASURES OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, AND THE TREASURES OF THE KING AND OF HIS PRINCES; which became the spoil and booty of the soldiers: ALL THESE H... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:20

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 THEY WERE SERVANTS TO HIM AND HIS SONS; his son Evilmerodach, and his grandson Belshazzar, Jeremiah 2... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:21

TO FULFIL THE WORD OF THE LORD BY THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH,.... That is, the Jews were so long servants in Babylon, as in the preceding verse, to accomplish Jeremiah's prophecy of it, 2 Chronicles 25:12 UNTIL THE LAND HAD ENJOYED HER SABBATHS; the sabbatical years, or seventh year sabbaths, which, acc... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:22

Ver. 22,23. NOW IN THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS KING OF PERSIA,.... These two verses are the same with which the next book, the book of Ezra, begins, where they will be explained; and these two books, the one ending and the other beginning with the same words, is a strong presumption, that one and the sa... [ Continue Reading ]

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