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Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

2 Chronicles 36

2 Chronicles 36:1

2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER 36 Jehoahaz succeeding is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried to Egypt, 2 CHRONICLES 36:1. Jehoiakim's wicked reign; his captivity into Babylon, 2 CHRONICLES 36:5. Jehoiachin likewise, 2 CHRONICLES 36:9,10. Zedekiah's wicked reign; his contempt of the prophet, and rebellion against... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:8

THAT WHICH WAS FOUND IN HIM; that crime of rebellion against the king of Babylon, which for a time he kept in his own breast; but when he saw fit, he discovered it, and was convicted of it. See 2 KINGS 24:1.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:10

WHEN THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED, Heb. _at the return of the year_, i.e. at the beginning of the next year, according to the sacred account of the Hebrews, at the spring of the year, the time when kings go forth to battle, as is elsewhere said, when Nebuchadnezzar, among others, went forth to settle and en... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:12

HUMBLED NOT HIMSELF by repentance for his past errors, and obedience to God's express commands, which he would not yield to through the pride of his heart, as is intimated by this phrase, and expressed JEREMIAH 38:19.... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:13

WHO HAD MADE HIM SWEAR BY GOD; who had required and forced him to swear fealty and constant obedience to him by the true God, whom he had served, and whom he called upon to be a witness against him if he broke his oath. So his rebellion was aggravated with perjury, and horrid contempt of God. Compar... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:15

RISING UP BETIMES, AND SENDING, i.e. sending them early and diligently, as a careful householder who riseth betimes about his business, and pursues it till night come. God sent them many prophets and messages, some at the very beginning of their apostacy, and others afterward, as they proceeded in t... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:16

THEY MOCKED THE MESSENGERS OF GOD; of which see instances, EZEKIEL 11:3, EZEKIEL 20:49. MISUSED HIS PROPHETS; imprisoning and persecuting them, as they did Jeremiah. Or, _seduced themselves by his prophets_, i.e. by their prophecies, which they perverted or misconstrued. An eminent instance we have... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:17

IN THE HOUSE OF THEIR SANCTUARY; either in Jerusalem, which was the dwelling-place of God's sanctuary; or, _in the house which was their sanctuary_; as _the river of Euphrates_, GENESIS 15:18, is the river which is Euphrates. It is probable they killed them in the very courts and house of God, to wh... [ Continue Reading ]

2 Chronicles 36:21

HAD ENJOYED HER SABBATHS, i.e. had rested from the labour of the husbandmen in ploughing and harrowing it, &c., the people that should have managed it being destroyed. Of the phrase, SEE POOLE ON "LEVITICUS 25:2". TO FULFIL THREESCORE AND TEN YEARS; that so the seventy years captivity prophesied of... [ Continue Reading ]

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