2 Chronicles 36:3
_Him. Joachaz had attempted to defend himself, and had been conducted prisoner to Reblatha, 4 K. xxiii. 33., and Ezechiel xix. 4. He was now deposed in from, and a tribute laid upon the people. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Him. Joachaz had attempted to defend himself, and had been conducted prisoner to Reblatha, 4 K. xxiii. 33., and Ezechiel xix. 4. He was now deposed in from, and a tribute laid upon the people. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Brother. From the time of David, the son had always succeeded his father. W._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Babylon, but sent him back soon after; (T.) unless he altered his first design, (D.) and slew him disgracefully at Jerusalem. Lyranus. E. C. 4 K. xxiii. 5. --- He allowed him to reign as a vassal other three years, but took Daniel, &c. captives. The seventy years of Jeremias, (xxv. 11.) are to be d... [ Continue Reading ]
_The vessels. Heb. and Sept. "a part of the vessels;" probably the most precious, (v. 10) breaking the rest in pieces, as he left none behind, v. 18. --- Temple of his God, Daniel i. 2._... [ Continue Reading ]
_In him. The Jews explain this of the diabolical characters forbidden, Lev. xix. 28. Denis the Carthusian; R. Sal., &c. --- But it may simply denote the hidden sins of the king, which God will bring to light, or his rebellious conduct. Amama) Gen. xliv. 16. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Eight years old. He was associated by his father to the kingdom, when he was but eight years old; but after his father's death, when he reigned alone, he was eighteen years old, 4 K. xxiv. 8. Ch. --- He only enjoyed the throne three months and ten days. T. --- We must however observe, (H.) that the... [ Continue Reading ]
_Year, in spring, when kings go out to war. C. --- Uncle. Sept. "brother of his father," which comes to the same sense, and was certainly the case. Heb. "his brother." Abraham indeed gives the title to his nephew, Gen. xiii. 8. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_By God, to be faithful. T. --- This enhances his crime. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Early. Prot. "betimes, and sending: because," &c. H. --- Like a good master, God (T.) sent his servants to work at day-break, (H.) omitting nothing to induce them to return to him, that he might not be forced to punish them with severity. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Remedy. All attempts to convert them proved in vain; (T.) and God, perceiving that they even despised his calls, became inexorable. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Vessels. Only a few remained, to be restored by Cyrus, v. 19. C._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sons; Evilmerodac and Baltassar. --- Persia; Cyrus, who subdued the country._... [ Continue Reading ]
_Sabbaths, every seventh year, Lev. xxv. 2., and xxvi. 43., and Jeremias xxv. 11., and xxix. 10. --- Expired: not that the earth was quite neglected, all that time, from the third year of Joakim, the year of the world 3398 till 3468. C. --- But it was almost: particularly after the murder of Godolia... [ Continue Reading ]
_First. Cyrus had ruled over Persia from the year of the world 3444. He was now emperor of the east. The year of the world 3468. C. --- These two verses are repeated by Esdras, which evinces that he was the author of this work also, (T.) adding them when he restored (W.) or revised (H.) the holy scr... [ Continue Reading ]
_The Lord, ( Jehova.) In Esdras we find yehi, "Let," his God. H. --- Up. The sentence is completed in the following book, which makes it probable that these verses are here inserted improperly, by some transcriber. The book of Chronicles, though for many ages the last in the Hebrew MSS. was, perhaps... [ Continue Reading ]
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