2 Chronicles 36:8-16 WEB

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

This chapter, then, contains, first, very brief accounts of the four reigns of Jehoahaz ( 2 Chronicles 36:1-4 ), Eliakim or Jehoiakim ( 2 Chronicles 36:4-8 ), Jehoiachin ( 2 Chronicles 36:9 , 2 Chronicles 36:10 ), and Zedekiah ( 2 Chronicles 36:10-13 ); next, general remarks on the iniquity that heralded the destruction of the nation and the punishment of it by the Chaldean captivity ( 2 Chronicles 36:14-17 ); thirdly, the methods of that destruction and captivity ( ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

The final indictment, sentence, and execution of it. It is in 2 Chronicles 36:11-21 of this chapter that we are given to read the final summary of, first, the folly and sin of Judah, her king, princes, and people; and second, the just displeasure and necessary punishment of Jehovah after an unparalleled forbearance. The historic incidents of the four reigns which occupy this chapter abound in pathetic, tragic interest. The account of them given in the parallel (2Ki 23:31-25:30) is... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:5-8

The fortunes of Jehoiakim. I. A NEW KING UPON THE THRONE OF JUDAH . ( 2 Chronicles 36:5 .) 1 . His designation. Eliakim, "Whom God establishes," changed into Jehoiakim, "Jehovah has set up;" not by himself, though it would almost seem as if Uzziah had adopted that name instead of Azariah on acceding to the crown ( 2 Chronicles 26:1 ), and Pal had assumed the title Tiglath-Pileser, "Adar is my confidence," on succeeding Shalmaneser of Assyria; but by Necho II .... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:8

The rest of the acts of Jehoiakim. As our compiler has literally told us none at all, we need but note his expression here as a convenient formula, indicating his own intentional brevity, and the fact that he was privy to all in the original sources, which he nevertheless now omitted; yet see Jeremiah 7:9 ; Jeremiah 19:13 , etc. The telling expression, what was found in him , is too readily to be filled up from the parallel, in its Jeremiah 19:3 , Jeremiah 19:4 . Jehoiachin his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:8

(with Jeremiah 22:18 ). An unlamented death. We learn more of this King of Judah in the prophetic writings of Jeremiah than in these brief annals. There we learn that his foreign policy was not less condemnable than his conduct of home affairs. When his treasury was low by reason of heavy payments to the foreign powers, he must needs build for himself a splendid and costly mansion ( Jeremiah 22:14 ), and in order to do this he had to impress the labour of his subjects ( Jeremiah... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:9

Eight years old . Our text, not the writer, is in error, and the parallel furnishes the correction, " eighteen years old." read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:9-10

Jehoiachin the worthless. I. HIS CORONATION . 1 . His title to the throne, He was Jehoiakim's son, his mother having been Nehushta, "The Brazen," the daughter of El-nathan of Jerusalem ( 2 Chronicles 36:8 ; 2 Kings 24:6 , 2 Kings 24:8 ), one of the princes attached to Jehoiakim's court ( Jeremiah 26:22 ; Jeremiah 36:12 , Jeremiah 36:25 ). 2 . His regal designation. Jehoiachin, "Jehovah has established," perhaps expressive of the hopes with which he assumed the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:10

When the year was expired ; i.e. at the beginning of the new year, in spring ( 2 Chronicles 24:23 ). It appears, from 2 Kings 25:27-30 , that the captivity of Jehoia-chin, which thus began, lasted thirty-seven years, till b.c. 561, past the end of Nebuchadnezzar's reign, and that he was thenceforward kindly treated by Evil-Merodach. Compare particularly with this verse the parallel in its 2 Kings 25:10-16 . Zedekiah his brother ; i.e. not adopting the very generic usage of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

Zedekiah; or the fall of Judah. I. AN EXAMPLE OF INSENSATE WICKEDNESS . ( 2 Chronicles 36:11-16 .) 1 . On the part of the king. Seemingly the third ( 1 Chronicles 3:15 ), but in reality the fourth, son of Josiah (cf. 2 Kings 23:31 , 2 Kings 23:36 ), and the full brother of Jehoahaz, or Shallum ( 2 Kings 23:31 ; 2 Kings 24:18 ). but the half-brother of Jehoiakim ( 2 Kings 23:36 ), Mattanias, or Jehovah s gift, as he was originally called, ascended the throne of... read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:12

Humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet . Very numerous passages in the Book of Jeremiah (21-51.) illustrate both this clause and generally the feeble character and uncertain career of Zedekiah. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:5-8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:8

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:9

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:9-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:12

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