2 Chronicles 36:12-22

12 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before ¹Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.

13 ²He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. ³He 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, ⁴sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.

16 ⁵But they kept mocking the messengers of God, ⁶despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, ⁷until the wrath of the Lord rose against his people, until there was no remedy.

Jerusalem Captured and Burned

17 ⁸Therefore 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 ⁹And 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.

19 ¹⁰And they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels.

20 He ¹¹took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, ¹²and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia,

21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had ¹³enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate ¹⁴it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

The Proclamation of Cyrus

22 ¹⁵Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, ¹⁶that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, ¹⁷the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing:

2 Chronicles 36:12-22 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.

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Cross References

• 1. 36:12 See Jer. 21:3-7; 27:12-22; 32:1-5; 37:6-10; 38:17-26
• 2. 36:13 Jer. 52:3; Ezek. 17:15, 18
• 3. 36:13 See ch. 30:8
• 4. 36:15 Jer. 7:13, 25; 25:3, 4; 26:5; 29:19; 35:15; 44:4; [Jer. 11:7; 32:33]
• 5. 36:16 [Jer. 5:12, 13]
• 6. 36:16 [Prov. 1:25, 30]
• 7. 36:16 [Ezra 5:12]
• 8. 36:17 For ver. 17-20, see 2 Kgs. 25:1-7; [Deut. 28:49; Ezra 9:7]
• 9. 36:18 2 Kgs. 25:13-15; [ver. 7, 10]
• 10. 36:19 2 Kgs. 25:9
• 11. 36:20 2 Kgs. 25:11
• 12. 36:20 Jer. 27:7
• 13. 36:21 Lev. 26:34, 35, 43; [Dan. 9:2]
• 14. 36:21 [Lev. 25:4, 5]
• 15. 36:22 For ver. 22, 23, see Ezra 1:1-3
• 16. 36:22 Jer. 25:12, 13; 29:10; 33:10, 11, 14
• 17. 36:22 Isa. 44:28