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2 Chronicles 36:13-21

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13 1He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But 2he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel.
14 Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
15 The LORD, the God of their fathers, 3sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;
16 but they continually 4mocked the messengers of God, 5despised His words and scoffed at His prophets, 6until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, until there was no remedy.
17 7Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand.
18 8All the articles 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 officers, he brought them all to Babylon.
19 Then 9they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles.
20 Those who had escaped from the sword he 10carried away to Babylon; and 11they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia,
21 12to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until 13the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. 14All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath 15until seventy years were complete.
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2 Chronicles 36:13-21 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. Jeremiah 52:3; Ezekiel 17:15
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 30:8
  • 3. Jeremiah 7:13; Jeremiah 25:3
  • 4. 2 Chronicles 30:10; Jeremiah 5:12, 13
  • 5. Proverbs 1:24-32
  • 6. Ezra 5:12
  • 7. 2 Kings 25:1-7; Jeremiah 21:1-10
  • 8. 2 Chronicles 36:7, 10
  • 9. 1 Kings 9:8; 2 Kings 25:9; Jeremiah 52:13
  • 10. 2 Kings 25:11
  • 11. Jeremiah 27:7
  • 12. Jeremiah 29:10
  • 13. Leviticus 26:34
  • 14. Leviticus 25:4
  • 15. Jeremiah 25:11

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Lit "to fulfill seventy years"
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