2 Chronicles 36:2-23 NASB

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:22

Now in the first year of Cyrus - This and the following verse are supposed to have been written by mistake from the book of Ezra, which begins in the same way. The book of the Chronicles, properly speaking, does close with the twenty-first verse, as then the Babylonish captivity commences, and these two verses speak of the transactions of a period seventy years after. This was in the first year of the reign of Cyrus over the empire of the East which is reckoned to be A.M. 3468.... read more

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Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:23

The Lord his God be with him - "Let the Word of the Lord be his helper, and let him go up." - Targum. See the notes on the beginning of Ezra. Thus ends the history of a people the most fickle, the most ungrateful, and perhaps on the whole the most sinful, that ever existed on the face of the earth. But what a display does all this give of the power, justice, mercy, and long-suffering of the Lord! There was no people like this people, and no God like their God. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-4

Jehoahaz; or, three months of royalty. 1 . ELECTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE LAND . ( 2 Chronicles 36:1 .) 1 . In his father ' s stead. When Necho had defeated Josiah, instead of turning back to seize Jerusalem, which was virtually in his power, he pushed forward on his first intended march towards the Euphrates. Accordingly, on Josiah's death, Josiah's second son, Shallum, "He who shall be requited" ( Jeremiah 22:11 )—a name of evil omen ( 2 Kings 15:13 )—was... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-10

Three melancholy spectacles. As we read these verses we feel that we are drawing very near the end of the kingdom of Judah; there is an air of melancholy pervading this last chapter of the Hebrew chronicles. There are three things which it is sad to see. I. A NATION SINKING INTO SERVITUDE . When Egypt comes up and deposes one king and sets up another, calling that other by a name that it pleases to confer, at the same time imposing a heavy tribute on the people of the land;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

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 36:3

Put him down ; Hebrew, וַיְסִירֵהוּ ; i.e. deposed him (Revised Version). At Jerusalem . In something more than three months Pharaoh-Necho seems to have been returning, and in the neighbourhood of Jerusalem. The parallel ( 2 Kings 23:31 ) tells us that he put Jahoahaz "in bands" at "Riblath in the land of Hamath" ( Ezekiel 19:4 ). And condemned the land ; i.e. inflicted a fine on the land; Hebrew, וַיַּעֲנשׁ . From this time nothing further is heard of Jehoahaz or... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:4

Eliakim . The meaning of the word is "God sets up;" the meaning of Jehoiakim is "Jehovah sets up." An Egyptian king knew and recognized the word "God," but possibly meant to taunt the "Jehovah" of the Jew. read more

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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:5

Here we note the age of Jehoiakim as greater than that of Jeoahaz, and in the parallel we read that his mother was different. 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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:22

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-10

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:3

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:4

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:5

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:5-8

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