2 Chronicles 36:20-21 NIV

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 36:20

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away captive ,.... The king of Babylon, or his general by his orders, excepting some poor persons left to till the land, see Jeremiah 52:15 , where they were servants to him and his sons ; his son Evilmerodach, and his grandson Belshazzar; see Gill on Jeremiah 27:7 , until the reign of the kingdom of Persia ; until that monarchy began, as it did upon the taking of Babylon by Cyrus king of Persia. This is the first place we meet... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:21

To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah ,.... That is, the Jews were so long servants in Babylon, as in the preceding verse, to accomplish Jeremiah's prophecy of it, 2 Chronicles 25:12 . until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths ; the sabbatical years, or seventh year sabbaths, which, according to the law of the land, was to rest from being tilled, Leviticus 25:4 , which law had been neglected by the Jews, and now, whether they would or not, the land should have rest... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:21

To fulfill the word of the Lord - See Jeremiah 25:9 , Jeremiah 25:12 ; Jeremiah 26:6 , Jeremiah 26:7 ; Jeremiah 29:12 . For the miserable death of Zedekiah, see 2 Kings 25:4 , etc. 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 36:19-20

(Compare the parallel, 2 Kings 25:1-12 ; Jeremiah 39:1-10 ; Jeremiah 52:24-30 .) The reign of the kingdom of Persia; i.e. the ascending on the throne of the Persian king. The immediate successor of Nebuchadnezzar was his son Evil-Merodach. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:20

Exile. "And them … carded he away to Babylon; where they were servants [slaves] to him and his sons." The captivity of the Jews in Babylon may be regarded in three light. I. As A PENALTY . It undoubtedly was that; nothing can be clearer than that they were permitted to be "the prey to the teeth" of the enemy because of their sins. The very next verse (21) intimates that it was disobedience to the Law of God that resulted in the denudation of the land. And the truth that national... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:21

The word of the Lord. Note marginal references ( Jeremiah 25:9-12 ; Jeremiah 29:10 ). The three score and ten years of desolateness may probably best be dated from Nebuchadnezzar's first taking of Jerusalem, b.c. 606-5. Although this date does not tally exactly with the b.c. 538 of Cyrus's conquest of Babylon, yet the discrepancy is easily explained on more than one sufficiently natural supposition ( e.g. that Cyrus's reign was not exactly synchronous in the beginning of it... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:19-20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:20

The Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:21

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