2 Chronicles 36:8-18

8 ¹Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and the abominations that he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

9 ²Jehoiachin was eighteen^[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD.

10 In ³the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, ⁴with the precious vessels of the house of the LORD, and made his brother ⁵Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 ⁶Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

12 He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. He did not humble himself before ⁷Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD.

13 ⁸He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. ⁹He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

14 All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the LORD that he had made holy in Jerusalem.

15 The LORD, the God of their fathers, ¹⁰sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

16 ¹¹But they kept mocking the messengers of God, ¹²despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ¹³until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Jerusalem Captured and Burned

17 ¹⁴Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand.

18 ¹⁵And 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.

Read Chapter Compare

2 Chronicles 36:8-18 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 36

This chapter records the reigns of the four kings of Judah, and the captivity of the Jews, the short reign of Jehoahaz, deposed by the king of Egypt, and his brother Eliakim or Jehoiakim set up in his room, 2Ch 36:1-4, the reign of Jehoiakim, who was bound and carried away by Nebuchadnezzar, 2Ch 36:5-8, the reign of Jehoiachin his son, who also in a short time was taken and carried to Babylon by the same king, 2Ch 36:9,10, the reign of Zedekiah, who also rebelled against the king of Babylon, and he and his people were taken and carried captive by him for his sins, which are here mentioned, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and where the Jews continued until the reign of the kingdom of Persia, 2Ch 36:11-21 and the chapter is concluded with the proclamation of Cyrus king of Persia, and with which also the next book begins, 2Ch 36:22,23.

\\Josiah\\ Of whose reign, and of the three following, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and the account of them, from hence to the end of 2Ch 36:13, what needs explanation or reconciliation, \\See Gill on "2Ki 23:31"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 23:32"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 23:33"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 23:34"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 23:35"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 23:36"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 23:37"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 24:5"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 24:6"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 24:8"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 24:10"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 24:17"\\ \\See Gill on "2Ki 24:18"\\ 19953-950201-1301-2Ch36.2

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 15

1. 2 Kings 24:5, 6
2. For ver. 9, 10, see 2 Kings 24:8-17
3. 2 Samuel 11:1
4. [ver. 7, 18]
5. Jeremiah 37:1; [2 Kings 24:17]
6. For ver. 11-13, see 2 Kings 24:18-20; Jeremiah 52:1, 2
7. See Jeremiah 21:3-7; Jeremiah 27:12-22; Jeremiah 32:1-5; Jeremiah 37:6-10; Jeremiah 38:17-26
8. Jeremiah 52:3; Ezekiel 17:15, 18
9. See 2 Chronicles 30:8
10. Jeremiah 7:13, 25; Jeremiah 25:3, 4; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:15; Jeremiah 44:4; [Jeremiah 11:7; Jeremiah 32:33]
11. [Jeremiah 5:12, 13]
12. [Proverbs 1:25, 30]
13. [Ezra 5:12]
14. For ver. 17-20, see 2 Kings 25:1-7; [Deuteronomy 28:49; Ezra 9:7]
15. 2 Kings 25:13-15; [ver. 7, 10]

Footnotes 1

[a]. Septuagint (compare 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight

The English Standard Version is published with the permission of Good News Publishers.