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
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