2 Chronicles 36
1 Jehoahaz succeeding, is deposed by Pharaoh, and carried into Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim reigning ill, is carried bound into Babylon.
9 Jehoiachin succeeding, reigns ill, and is brought into Babylon.
11 Zedekiah succeeding, reigns ill, despises the prophets, and rebels against Nebuchadnezzar.
14 Jerusalem, for the sins of the priests and the people, is wholly destroyed.
22 The proclamation of Cyrus.
people <05971> [the people.]
Jehoahaz <03059> [Jehoahaz.]
prevented <05493> [put him down. Heb. removed him.]
imposed <06064> [condemned. Heb. mulcted.]
Eliakim <0471> [made Eliakim.]
Necho <05224> [Necho.]
Jehoiakim <03079> [Jehoiakim.]
attacked <05927> [A.M. 3397. B.C. 607. came up.]
bronze chains <05178> [fetters. or, chains.]
items <03627> [A.M. 3398. B.C. 606. the vessels.]
recorded <03789> [A.M. 3394-3405. B.C. 610-599. written.]
Jehoiachin <03078> [Jehoiachin.]
[Jeconiah.]
[Coniah.]
[Jechonias.]
eighteen years old <08141 01121 08083> [A.M. 3405. B.C. 599. eight years old.]
The Syriac, Arabic, and the parallel place, (on which see the Note,) have "eighteen years;" which, as Scaliger observes, is no doubt the genuine reading.
beginning .... year <08666 08141> [when the year was expired. Heb. at the return of the year. king Nebuchadnezzar.]
valuable items <03627 02532> [goodly vessels. Heb. vessels of desire.]
Zedekiah <06667> [Zedekiah.]
[Mattaniah his father's brother.]
twenty-one ............ eleven <06242 0259> [A.M. 3405-3416. B.C. 599-588. one and twenty.]
humble <03665> [humbled.]
before Jeremiah <03414 06440> [before Jeremiah.]
spokesman <06310> [the mouth.]
rebelled <04775> [rebelled.]
vow allegiance <07650> [who had.]
stubborn <07185> [stiffened.]
obstinate <0553> [hardened.]
leaders <08269> [all the chief.]
more <04604 07235> [very much.]
defiled <02930> [polluted.]
Lord <03068> [the Lord.]
messengers <04397> [his messengers. Heb. the hand of his messengers. betimes. i.e., continually and carefully. because.]
mocked <03931> [mocked.]
despised <0959> [despised.]
ridiculed <08591> [misused.]
angry <02534> [the wrath.]
prevent his judgment <04832> [till.]
prevent his judgment <04832> [remedy. Heb. healing.]
brought <05927> [he brought.]
king <04428> [the king.]
slaughtered <02026> [who slew.]
temple <01004> [in the house.]
spare <02550> [no compassion.]
items <03627> [A.M. 3416. B.C. 588. all the vessels.]
treasuries ......... treasuries <0214> [treasures.]
burned down ............. burned <08313> [they burnt.]
tore <05422> [brake down.]
all who escaped ... sword <07611 02719> [A.M. 3416-3468. B.C. 588-536. And them that had escaped from. Heb. And the remainder from. they were servants.]
rose to power <04427> [until the reign.]
fulfill ..................... prophesied <04390> [To fulfil.]
land <0776> [until the land.]
[A.M. 3468. B.C. 536.]
This verse and the next have a double aspect. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra, which begins with a repetition of these two last verses.
first <0259> [in the first.]
Cyrus ................. Cyrus <03566> [Cyrus.]
promise <01697> [that the word.]
Lord moved <03068 05782> [the Lord stirred.]
<05674> [a proclamation.]
kingdoms <04467> [All the kingdoms.]
appointed <06485> [he hath charged.]
people <05971> [Who is there.]
