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2 Chronicles 36:1-16

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Judah's Decline

1 1The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem.
2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.
3 Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and 2laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents of silver and a talent[a] of gold.
4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.
5 3Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
6 4Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon 5and bound him in chains 6to take him to Babylon.
7 7Nebuchadnezzar also carried part of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his palace in Babylon.
8 8Now 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 9Jehoiachin was eighteen[b] 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 10the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, 11with the precious vessels of the house of the LORD, and made his brother 12Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 13Zedekiah 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 14Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD.
13 15He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. 16He 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, 17sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place.
16 18But they kept mocking the messengers of God, 19despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, 20until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.
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2 Chronicles 36:1-16 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 20

  • 1. For ver. 1-4, see 2 Kings 23:30-34
  • 2. Deuteronomy 22:19
  • 3. 2 Kings 23:36, 37
  • 4. 2 Kings 24:1
  • 5. [2 Chronicles 33:11]
  • 6. [2 Kings 24:6; Jeremiah 22:18, 19; Jeremiah 36:30]
  • 7. 2 Kings 24:13; Ezra 1:7; Daniel 1:1, 2; Daniel 5:2; [ver. 10, 18]
  • 8. 2 Kings 24:5, 6
  • 9. For ver. 9, 10, see 2 Kings 24:8-17
  • 10. 2 Samuel 11:1
  • 11. [ver. 7, 18]
  • 12. Jeremiah 37:1; [2 Kings 24:17]
  • 13. For ver. 11-13, see 2 Kings 24:18-20; Jeremiah 52:1, 2
  • 14. See Jeremiah 21:3-7; Jeremiah 27:12-22; Jeremiah 32:1-5; Jeremiah 37:6-10; Jeremiah 38:17-26
  • 15. Jeremiah 52:3; Ezekiel 17:15, 18
  • 16. See 2 Chronicles 30:8
  • 17. 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]
  • 18. [Jeremiah 5:12, 13]
  • 19. [Proverbs 1:25, 30]
  • 20. [Ezra 5:12]

Footnotes 2

  • [a]. A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilograms
  • [b]. Septuagint (compare 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight
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