2 Chronicles 36:1
THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. the commonalty. Compare 2Ch 33:35. Not lawfully, for Jehoahaz was not the eldest son.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND. the commonalty. Compare 2Ch 33:35. Not lawfully, for Jehoahaz was not the eldest son.... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM. The Septuagint adds here, probably owing to the _Homoeoteleuton_ in the word Jerusalem; "Jerusalem, and his mother's name was Amital, daughter of Jeremiah of Lobnah: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done: and Pharaohneckhao bou... [ Continue Reading ]
EGYPT. The Septuagint adds: "Egypt, and he died there: and they had given the silver and the gold to Pharaoh: at that time the land began to be taxed to give the money at the command of Pharaoh; and every one, as he could, kept demanding the silver and the gold of the People of the land, to give it... [ Continue Reading ]
EVIL. Heb _ra'a'_. App-44. THE LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. The Septuagint adds here: "according to all that his fathers did. In his days came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon into the land, and he served him three years, and then revolted from him. And the LORD sent... [ Continue Reading ]
CAME UP. See App-53. NEBUCHADNEZZAR. The son of Nabopolassar. FETTERS. Hebrew brasses, or bronzes (Dual). Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for the two chains or fetters made of brass. TO CARRY HIM TO BABYLON. There were four deportations: (1) Manasseh (2 Chronicles 33:11), no date gi... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUND IN HIM. found upon him. On this is grounded the belief that he was tattooed with idolatrous marks or signs forbidden by Leviticus 19:28. Compare Revelation 13:16; Revelation 13:17; Revelation 14:9; Revelation 14:11; Revelation 16:2; Revelation 19:20;... [ Continue Reading ]
JAHOIACHIN. Called also Jeconiah (1 Chronicles 3:16) and Coniah (Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 22:28). Compare 2 Kings 24:8. The "Je" (= Jehovah) being cut off from his name. EIGHT YEARS. Some codices, with Septuagint and Syriac, read "eight", but 2 Kings 24:8 reads "eighteen". The "eighteen" must inclu... [ Continue Reading ]
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; 1 Chronicles 3:15).... [ Continue Reading ]
HUMBLED NOT HIMSELF, &C. Compare Jeremiah 34:8; Jeremiah 37:2, and Jeremiah 38:17, &c. MOUTH. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), App-6, for what is spoken by it.... [ Continue Reading ]
MADE HIM SWEAR. Ezekiel refers to this (Ezekiel 17:11).... [ Continue Reading ]
TRANSGRESSED VERY MUCH. abounded in treachery. Hebrew "multiplied to transgress transgression". Figure of speech _Polyptoton_, for emphasis. Hebrew. _ma'al._ App-44. HEATHEN. nations. HALLOWED. See note on Exodus 3:5.... [ Continue Reading ]
RISING UP BETIMES. Figure of speech _Anthropopatheia._ App-6.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY MOCKED. they kept mocking. Compare Matthew 23:37. Especially Urijah (Jeremiah 26:20) and Jeremiah 37 and Jeremiah 38. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ (with Art.). the [true] God. App-4. NO REMEDY. These words, occurring as they do on the last page of the Hebrew Bible, led to the conversion of the late... [ Continue Reading ]
HE BROUGHT. To leave us in no doubt as to the real cause. Compare Judges 1:8, and see App-53. THEIR SANCTUARY. No longer Jehovah's. Compare and contrast "My Father's house" (John 2:16) and "your house" (Matthew 23:38). The former at the beginning of His ministry; the latter at the close. ALL. the... [ Continue Reading ]
SERVANTS. Compare Jeremiah 27:6; Jeremiah 27:7; Daniel 1. This was foretold in 2 Kings 20:17; 2 Kings 20:18; Isaiah 39:7. THE KINGDOM OF PERSIA. See the Chronological Structure of Ezra-Nehemiah (p. 618), and notes there.... [ Continue Reading ]
FULFIL. FULFIL. At beginning and end of verse in Hebrew Note the emphasis by the Figure of speech _Epanadiplosis._ App-6. JEREMIAH. Compare Jeremiah 25:9; Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 29:10. AS LONG AS. all the days. Thus completing. period of seventy years. This was foretold also (Leviticus 23:32; Le... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST YEAR OF CYRUS. See note on Ezra 1:1. SPIRIT. Hebrew. _ruach._... [ Continue Reading ]
GOD OF HEAVEN. First occurrence of this expression. Now used because His People was _Lo Ammi_ (= "not My People"), and He (Jehovah) had withdrawn from their midst. It is the title peculiar to the times of the Gentiles, while God acts from heaven, and not from between the cherubim as Jehovah the God... [ Continue Reading ]