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2 Chronicles 36:10

when the year was expired R.V. at the return of the year; cp. 2 Samuel 11:1 = 1 Chronicles 20:1, "at the return of the year, at the time when kings go out to battle," R.V. This would be in the spring.

brought him to Babylon It was not the king only, but also all the best of the people, "the princes, … men of valour, the craftsmen and the smiths" who went into captivity; 2 Kings 24:14; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 24:5; Ezekiel 17:12-14.

Zedekiah A covenant-name like "Jehoiakim" (2 Chronicles 36:4, note); it seems to mean "Righteousness of Jehovah"; cp. the significant title in Jeremiah 23:6, "The Lord is our Righteousness." Zedekiah's original name was "Mattaniah"; 2 Kings 24:17.

his brother In 2 Kin. (more accurately) "his father's brother"; cp. 1 Chronicles 3:15-16, notes.

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See also 2 Chronicles 36:10 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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....

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    WHEN THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED - literally, as in the margin, i. e. at the return of the season for military expeditions. The expedition against Jehoiakim took place probably late in the autumn of one year...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    9. THE FINAL DECLINE AND APOSTASY CHAPTER 36:1-14 _ 1. Jehoahaz's reign (2 Chronicles 36:1)_ 2. Jehoiachin's brief reign (2 Chronicles 36:8) 3. Zedekiah (2 Chronicles

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SENT. N. B., not "came". BROUGHT HIM. had him brought. ZEDEKIAH. Originally Mattaniah. Compare 2 Kings 24:17, &c. HIS BROTHER: i.e. his next of kin. In this case his uncle (2 Kings 24:17;...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    ZEDEKIAH HIS BROTHER— _Zedekiah his uncle._ Houbigant. See 1 Chronicles 3:15....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    20. THE REIGN OF JEHOIACHIN (2 Chronicles 36:9-10) TEXT 2 Chronicles 36:9. Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did tha...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _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._ N...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    THE FALL OF JERUSALEM This is a brief record of the reigns of Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and of the destruction of Jerusalem. The first twenty vv. of this chapter are abbreviated...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    HIS BROTHER] In reality Zedekiah was brother to Jehoiachin's father Jehoiakim, 1 Chronicles 3:15....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    2 CHRONICLES: GOD DESIRES LOYAL PEOPLE The *Kingdom called Judah 2 CHRONICLES CHAPTER S 10 TO 36 _IAN MACKERVOY_ CHAPTER 36 JEHOAHAZ – 2 CHRONICLES 36:1-4 V1 The people in Judah chose Josiah’s...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    AND WHEN THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED. — See margin. “At the return of the year” means in spring, when kings usually went forth to war. (2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Kings 20:22.) Kings gives a full account of the siege...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ לִ תְשׁוּבַ֣ת הַ שָּׁנָ֗ה שָׁלַח֙ הַ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE LAST KINGS OF JUDAH 2 Chronicles 34:1; 2 Chronicles 35:1; 2 Chronicles 36:1 WHATEVER influence Manasseh's reformation exercised over his people generally, the taint of idolatry was

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    AT THE MERCY OF THE FOE 2 Chronicles 36:1 The narrative here runs parallel with II Kings, but the events are described with a certain gravity of warning which enforces the lesson of history. Here was...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is the record of the final movements in the downward course of Judah. They are graphically given. First Jehoahaz reigned for three months, and was deposed by the king of Egypt. Jehoiakim succeede...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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 t...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Here is a three month's reign, like his uncle; but a period of evil it should seem also. Misery and trouble had no effect upon his mind. And indeed, awful as it is to think, yet the fact is undeniable...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 33 THROUGH 36. Manasseh, his son, who gave himself up to iniquity in spite of the warnings of the prophets, brought desolation and ruin upon himself and after...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    2 Chronicles 36:1...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _When the year was expired_ Hebrew, _At the return of the year._ 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 fo...

  • KJV Original Language Details

    1 Iehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and caried into Egypt. 5 Iehoiakim raigning ill, is caried bound into Babylon. 9 Iehoiachin succeeding reigneth ill, and is brought into Babylon. 11 Ze...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE END OF THE SOUTHERN KINGDOM. The Reign of Jehoahaz, Johoiakim, and Jehoiachin....

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And when the year was expired, at the time of the year when campaigns usually began, KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR SENT AND BROUGHT HIM TO BABYLON WITH THE GOODLY VESSELS OF THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, the precious...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    JEHOIAKIM'S REIGN AND CAPTIVITY (vv.5-8) Jehoiakim was evidently older than Jehoahaz for he was 25 when he began to reign (cf.v.2). He reigned 11 years in Judah, but he also dishonoured the memory o...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    WHEN THE YEAR WAS EXPIRED: _ Heb._ at the return of the year GOODLY VESSELS: _ Heb._ vessels of desire ZEDEKIAH: Or, Mattaniah...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-21 The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion towar...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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 f...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    2 Chronicles 36:10 turn H8666 year H8141 King H4428 Nebuchadnezzar H5019 summoned H7971 (H8804) took H935 (H

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Reign and dethronement of Jehoahaz. Final deportation. Captivity of Judah in Babylon. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoahaz, Jehoiachin, Jehoikim, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah, Cyrus, Eliakim, Necho. CONC...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    2 Chronicles 36:2. _Jehoahaz the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem._ Necho summoned him to Riblah, put him in irons, and made his elder brother Eliakim king in his room, and changed his name to...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES 36:1 The Last Four Kings. Compare 2 Kings 23:31. The Chronicler summarizes the reigns of Judah’s last four kings. Because they abandon the covenant after Josiah’s death, all four will go...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    2 CHRONICLES—NOTE ON 2 CHRONICLES 36:9 The reign of JEHOIACHIN lasted only for the duration of the siege. Then he was exiled to Babylon. BROTHER here means “relative”; Zedekiah

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter gives the reigns of Jehoahaz (2 Chronicles 36:1), of Jehoiakim (2 Chronicles 36:5), of Jehoiachin (2 Chronicles 36:9), and of Zedekiah ...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION One short chapter now brings to a conclusion the work, in so many aspects remarkable, called 'The Chronicles.' And thirteen verses sum the contents of the four last pre-Captivity kings of t...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Now at his death, Jehoahaz began to reign. He was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned for only three months in Jerusalem. And the king of Egypt came up, conquered him, and to...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 3:15; 1 Chronicles 3:16; 2 Chronicles 36:7; 2 Kings 24:10;...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Expired — Heb. at the return of the year: 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 el...

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