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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

We have here an account of the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. Abraham, God's friend, was called out of that country, from Ur of the Chaldees, when God took him into covenant and communion with himself; and now his degenerate seed were carried into that country again, to signify that they had forfeited all that kindness wherewith they had been regarded for the father's sake, and the benefit of that covenant into which he was called; all was now... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:14

Moreover, the chief of the priests, and of the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the Heathens ,.... The priests, and even the chief of them, who should have instructed the people in the duties of religion, and retained them in the pure worship of God, these were the ringleaders of idolatry, who led the people to commit all the idolatries of the Heathens round about them; and of the people, all ranks and degrees of them were corrupted with them; this was their case... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:15

And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers ,.... The prophets of the Lord, to admonish them of their idolatries, and to reprove them for them, to warn them of the wrath of God that would come upon them on that account, unless they repented and reformed; these were at the beginning of their apostasy, and were successively continued unto this time, as Ahijah, Elijah, and others, in the first times of it; Amos, Isaiah, and others, in the middle of it; and Jeremiah,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:16

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words ,.... Which was the treatment Jeremiah and Ezekiel frequently met with: and misused his prophets ; imprisoned them, as Micaiah and Jeremiah were: until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people ; which burned like fire in his breast, and broke out to the consumption of them: till there was no remedy ; or healing of them; there was no reclaiming or recovering of them, no bringing them to repentance, and no pardon... 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 36:11-21

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:14

This, with the following three verses, may be regarded as the formal and final indictment of the people of Judah, and may be compared with that of Israel ( 2 Kings 17:6-23 ). All the chief of the priests (see 1 Chronicles 24:1 , 1 Chronicles 24:3-19 ). The heads of the twenty-four courses there spoken of, with the high priest added, sum up the twenty-five men of Ezekiel 8:16 , the entire of which chapter may well be read with the present history, and its description of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:15

His messengers . The chief of these were presumably Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel. The marginal references ( Jeremiah 25:3-7 ; Jeremiah 35:12-15 ) are very interesting, both for this verse and the following. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:16

No remedy (comp. our 2 Chronicles 21:18 ; Proverbs 6:15 ; Proverbs 29:1 ; Jeremiah 8:15 ; Jeremiah 14:19 ; Jeremiah 33:6 ; Malachi 4:2 [3:20]). read more

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