(Comp. Daniel 2:2 .) The temple here called his temple was, no doubt, the temple of Belus, or in the vernacular "Merodach," the Babylonian god of war. This rifling of the sacred vessels of Jerusalem's temple for Babylon's temple was the significant beginning of the end for Judah now at last, after many a warning. read more
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
(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
Eight years old . Our text, not the writer, is in error, and the parallel furnishes the correction, " eighteen years old." read more
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
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
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
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
He also rebelled against … Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God ( Elohim ) . The criticism of the Prophet Ezekiel upon this oath-violation on the part of Zedekiah is to be found Ezekiel 17:12-20 ; Ezekiel 21:25 . Unto the Lord God of Israel . Note here the resorting on the part of the Jew to the name, Jehovah. It is not this name that is used at the commencement of the verse. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:6
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon . Our mere allusions in this and the following verse to Nebuchadnezzar's relations to Jehoiakim and Judah are strange in comparison with the graphic account furnished by the parallel ( 2 Kings 24:1-6 ). The name is the same with Nabokodrosoros, is written in the Assyrian monuments Nebu-kuduri-utzur, and meaning, "Nebo ( Isaiah 46:1 ), protector from ill," or "protects the crown." In Jeremiah ( Jeremiah 49:28 ) we have the name... read more