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2 Chronicles Chapter 36

2 Chronicles

ch2 36:0

Overview

Ch2 36:1, Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt; Ch2 36:5, Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon; Ch2 36:9, Jehoiachin succeeding, reigns ill, and is brought into Babylon; Ch2 36:11, Zedekiah succeeding, reigns ill, despises the prophets, and rebels against Nebuchadnezzar; Ch2 36:14, Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and the people, is wholly destroyed; Ch2 36:22, The proclamation of Cyrus.

2 Chronicles 36:1

ch2 36:1

the people: Ch2 26:1, Ch2 33:25; Kg2 23:30-37

Jehoahaz: Kg2 23:31-34; Ch1 3:15; Jer 22:11

2 Chronicles 36:3

ch2 36:3

put him down: Heb. removed him, Kg2 23:33

condemned: Heb. mulcted

2 Chronicles 36:4

ch2 36:4

made Eliakim: Kg2 23:34, Kg2 23:35; Ch1 3:15

Necho: Jer 22:10-12; Eze 19:3, Eze 19:4

2 Chronicles 36:5

ch2 36:5

Jehoiakim: Kg2 23:36, Kg2 23:37; Jer 22:13-19, Jer 26:21-23, Jer 36:1, Jer 36:27-32

2 Chronicles 36:6

ch2 36:6

am 3397, bc 607

came up: Kg2 24:1, Kg2 24:2, Kg2 24:5, Kg2 24:6, Kg2 24:13-20; Eze 19:5-9; Dan 1:1, Dan 1:2; Hab 1:5-10

fetters: or, chains

2 Chronicles 36:7

ch2 36:7

am 3398, bc 606

the vessels: Kg2 24:13; Ezr 1:7-11; Jer 27:16-18, Jer 28:3; Dan 5:2-4

2 Chronicles 36:8

ch2 36:8

am 3394-3405, bc 610-599

written: Kg2 24:5, Kg2 24:6

Jehoiachin: Ch1 3:16, Ch1 3:17, Jeconiah, Jer 22:24, Jer 22:28, Coniah, Mat 1:11, Mat 1:12, Jechonias

2 Chronicles 36:9

ch2 36:9

am 3405, bc 599

eight years old: The Syriac, Arabic, and the parallel place (see note on Kg2 24:8), have "eighteen years;" which, as Scaliger observes, is no doubt the genuine reading.

2 Chronicles 36:10

ch2 36:10

when the year was expired: Heb. at the return of the year, king Nebuchadnezzar. Kg2 24:10-17, Kg2 25:27-30; Jer 29:2; Eze 1:2

goodly vessels: Heb. vessels of desire, Ch2 36:7; Jer 27:18-22; Dan 1:1, Dan 1:2, Dan 5:2, Dan 5:23

Zedekiah: Kg2 24:17, Mattaniah his father's brother, Ch1 3:15, Ch1 3:16; Jer 37:1

2 Chronicles 36:11

ch2 36:11

am 3405-3416, bc 599-588

one and twenty: Kg2 24:18-20; Jer 52:1-3

2 Chronicles 36:12

ch2 36:12

humbled: Ch2 32:26, Ch2 33:12, Ch2 33:19, Ch2 33:23; Exo 10:3; Dan 5:22, Dan 5:23; Jam 4:10; Pe1 5:6

before Jeremiah: Jer 21:1-10, Jer 27:12-22, 28:1-17, 34:2-22, 37:2-21, Jer 38:14-28

the mouth: Ch2 35:22

2 Chronicles 36:13

ch2 36:13

rebelled: Kg2 24:20; Jer 52:2, Jer 52:3; Eze 17:11-20

who had: Jos 9:15, Jos 9:19, Jos 9:20; Sa2 21:2

stiffened: Kg2 17:4; Neh 9:16, Neh 9:17; Isa 48:4

hardened: Exo 8:15, Exo 8:32, Exo 9:17; Neh 9:29; Rom 2:4, Rom 2:5; Heb 3:8, Heb 3:13

2 Chronicles 36:14

ch2 36:14

all the chief: Kg2 16:10-16; Ezr 9:7; Jer 5:5, Jer 37:13-15, Jer 38:4; Eze 22:6, Eze 22:26-28; Dan 9:6, Dan 9:8; Mic 3:1-4, Mic 3:9-11, Mic 7:2; Zep 3:3, Zep 3:4

very much: Ch2 28:3, Ch2 33:9

polluted: Ch2 33:4-7; Eze 8:5-16

2 Chronicles 36:15

ch2 36:15

the Lord: Ch2 24:18-21, Ch2 33:10; Kg2 17:13; Jer 25:3, Jer 25:4, Jer 26:5, Jer 35:15, Jer 44:4, Jer 44:5

his messengers: Heb. the hand of his messengers

betimes: i.e., continually and carefully.

because: Jdg 10:16; Kg2 13:23; Hos 11:8; Luk 19:41-44

2 Chronicles 36:16

ch2 36:16

mocked: Ch2 30:10; Psa 35:16; Isa 28:22; Jer 5:12, Jer 5:13, Jer 20:7; Luk 18:32, Luk 22:63, Luk 22:64; Luk 23:11, Luk 23:36; Act 2:13, Act 17:32; Heb 11:36

despised: Pro 1:24-30; Luk 16:14; Act 13:41; Th1 4:8

misused: Jer 32:3, Jer 38:6; Mat 5:12, Mat 21:33-41; Act 7:52

the wrath: Psa 74:1, Psa 79:1-5

till: Pro 6:15, Pro 29:1

remedy: Heb. healing

2 Chronicles 36:17

ch2 36:17

he brought: Ch2 33:11; Deu 28:49; Kg2 24:2, Kg2 24:3; Ezr 9:7; Jer 15:8, Jer 32:42, Jer 40:3; Dan 9:14

the king: 2Kings 25:1-30; Jer. 39:1-18, 52:1-34

who slew: Lev. 26:14-46; Deut. 28:15-68, Deu 29:18-28, Deu 30:18, Deu 31:16-18, Deu 32:15-28; Psa 74:20, Psa 79:2, Psa 79:3; Jer 15:9, Jer 18:21; Lam 2:21, Lam 2:22

in the house: Ch2 24:21; Lam 2:20; Eze 9:5-7; Luk 13:1, Luk 13:2

no compassion: Deu 28:50; Psa 74:20

2 Chronicles 36:18

ch2 36:18

am 3416, bc 588

all the vessels: Ch2 36:7, Ch2 36:10; Kg2 25:13-17; Jer 27:18-22, Jer 52:17-23; Dan 5:3

treasures: Kg2 20:13-17; Isa 39:6; Zac 1:6

2 Chronicles 36:19

ch2 36:19

they burnt: Kg2 25:9; Psa 74:4-8, Psa 79:1, Psa 79:7; Isa 64:10, Isa 64:11; Jer 7:4, Jer 7:14, Jer 52:13; Lam 4:1; Mic 3:12; Luk 21:6

brake down: Kg2 25:10, Kg2 25:11; Jer 52:14, Jer 52:15

2 Chronicles 36:20

ch2 36:20

am 3416-3468, bc 588-536

And them that had escaped from: Heb. And the remainder from

they were servants: Deu 28:47, Deu 28:48; Jer 27:7

until the reign: Ch2 36:22; Ezr 1:1-11

2 Chronicles 36:21

ch2 36:21

To fulfil: Jer 25:9, Jer 25:12, Jer 26:6, Jer 26:7, Jer 27:12, Jer 27:13, Jer 29:10; Dan 9:2; Zac 1:4-6

until the land: Lev 25:4-6, Lev 26:34, Lev 26:35, Lev 26:43; Zac 1:12

2 Chronicles 36:22

ch2 36:22

am 3468, bc 536, This verse and the next have a double aspect. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra, which begins with a repetition of these two last verses.

in the first: Ezr 1:1-3

Cyrus: Isa 44:28; Dan 10:1

that the word: Ch2 36:21; Jer 25:12, Jer 25:14, Jer 29:10, Jer 32:42-44, Jer 33:10-14; Heb 10:23

the Lord stirred: Ch2 21:16; Sa1 26:19; Kg1 11:14, Kg1 11:23; Ch1 5:26; Ezr 1:5; Isa 13:3-5, Isa 13:17, Isa 13:18, Isa 44:28, Isa 45:1-5; Hag 1:14

a proclamation: Ch2 24:9, Ch2 30:5

2 Chronicles 36:23

ch2 36:23

All the kingdoms: Psa 75:5-7; Dan 2:21, Dan 2:37, Dan 4:35, Dan 5:18, Dan 5:23

he hath charged: Isa 44:26-28

Who is there: Ch1 22:16, Ch1 29:5; Ezr 7:13; Zac 2:6, Zac 2:7; Rom 8:31


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