2 Chronicles 36:1
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. _Ver. l. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz._] See 2 Kings 23:30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. _Ver. l. Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz._] See 2 Kings 23:30 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Ver. 2. _Jehoahaz was twenty and three._] 2 Kings 23:31 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. Ver. 3. _Put him down._] And, as some think, afterwards put him to death in Egypt. Jehoahaz was but a younger brother, as is elsewhere noted, yet he would needs reign, and w... [ Continue Reading ]
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. 2Ch 36:5 Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he d... [ Continue Reading ]
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. Ver. 6. _Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar._] See 2 Kings 24:1 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. Ver. 7. _Nebuchadnezzar also carried off the vessels,_] viz., Some of them, for some were carried to Babylon at other times. 2Ki 24:13 Jer 52:19... [ Continue Reading ]
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they [are] written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. Ver. 8. _And that which was found in him,_] _i.e., _ That appeared to be i... [ Continue Reading ]
Jehoiachin [was] eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD. Ver. 9. _Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign,_] _i.e., _ When his father Jehoiakim began to reign, for when hi... [ Continue Reading ]
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Ver. 10. _And when the year was expired._] Heb., At the return of the year; that is, in the spring. 2Ki... [ Continue Reading ]
Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. Ver. 11-13. _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 24:10 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 24:11 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 24:17 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 24:18 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 24:19 _"_ _See Trapp on "_ 2Ki 24:20 _... [ Continue Reading ]
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem. Ver. 14. _Moreover, all the chief priests and the people, &c._] There was a general defection, and, as phys... [ Continue Reading ]
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: Ver. 15. _Rising up betimes, and sending._] _Manicando et mittendo, instar boni patris familias,_ saith A Lapide: like a good househo... [ Continue Reading ]
But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till [there was] no remedy. Ver. 16. _But they mocked the messengers of God._] Yea, misused them, murdered them. See 2 Chronicles 30:10 Matthew 21:34,36 .... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave [them] all into his hand. Ver. 17. Who slew their young men … in the house... [ Continue Reading ]
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all [these] he brought to Babylon. Ver. 18. _And all the vessels of the house of God._] See 2 Kings 24:13,15 .... [ Continue Reading ]
And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. Ver. 19. _And they burnt the house of God._] Which those Jews had so fearfully profaned. _ And burnt all the palaces thereof._] See 2 Ki... [ Continue Reading ]
And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: Ver. 20. _Carried he away to Babylon._] See 2 Kings 25:11 . _ Where they were servants to him and his sons,_] viz., To Nebuchadnezzar, Evilmer... [ Continue Reading ]
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. Ver. 21. _To fulfil the word of the Lord._] See Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 25:12; Jer 29:10 Daniel 9:2 . _ Until th... [ Continue Reading ]
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying, 2Ch 36:23 Thus saith... [ Continue Reading ]