2 Chronicles 36:15-16 NIV,NKJV

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 2 Chronicles 36:11-23

Zedekiah's Reign and the end of Judah v. 11. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. Cf 2 Kings 24:18 to 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 52. All the nobles, artisans, and craftsmen of the people having been removed, there remained only the laboring class and the farmers and gardeners. v. 12. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, his God, persisting in idolatry in the face of the Lord's punishment upon his predecessors, ... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

p. Josiah: the Prophetess Huldah.—Ch. 34, 35α. Josiah’s Beginnings; the Extirpation of Idolatry: 2 Chronicles 34:1-72 Chronicles 34:1.Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 2And he did that which was right in the eyes of the Lord, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined not to 3the right hand nor to the left. And in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet a youth, he began to seek after the God of David his father;... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

2 Chronicles THE FALL OF JUDAH 2Ch_36:11 - 2Ch_36:21 . Bigness is not greatness, nor littleness smallness. Nebuchadnezzar’s conquest of Judah was, in his eyes, one of the least important of his many victories, but it is the only one of them which survives in the world’s memory and keeps his name as a household word. The Jews were a mere handful, and their country a narrow strip of land between the desert and the sea; but little Judaea, like little Greece, has taught the world. The tragedy... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:11-23

Defeat and Exile 2 Chronicles 36:11-23 It is expressly stated in Ezekiel 17:13 that Nebuchadnezzar administered to Zedekiah an oath of fealty in the presence of Jehovah. Hence by his rebellion, he not only broke his promise to the king of Babylon, but profaned the name of God. It is in reference to this profanation of his oath that Zedekiah is addressed in Ezekiel 21:25 , r.v., as “thou deadly wounded wicked one… whose day is come.” It also appears from Ezekiel 8:1 that toward the close of... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

This is the record of the final movements in the downward course of Judah. They are graphically given. First Jehoahaz reigned for three months, and was deposed by the king of Egypt. Jehoiakim succeeded by appointment of Pharaoh, and after eleven years of continued evil courses was carried prisoner by Nebuchadnezzar to Babylon. In turn he was succeeded by Jehoiachin, who persisted in the same evil courses for three months and ten days, and in turn was carried away by Nebuchadnezzar. Zedekiah,... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:16

DIVINE PATIENCE EXHAUSTED‘Till there was no remedy.’ 2 Chronicles 36:16 These words contain three facts, and each one is of the greatest importance. (1) That there was—at least, at one time—a remedy. (2) That the remedy went on, and might have been used for a very long period. (3) That there came a time when the remedy ceased. I. All life is remedy.—The condition of things requires it. Life is one great restorative process. (1) First comes that marvellous provision which God has made for our... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:15

Rising up betimes, and sending, i.e. sending them early and diligently, as a careful householder who riseth betimes about his business, and pursues it till night come. God sent them many prophets and messages, some at the very beginning of their apostacy, and others afterward, as they proceeded in their impiety, until the very day of their captivity. read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - 2 Chronicles 36:16

They mocked the messengers of God; of which see instances, Ezekiel 11:3; Ezekiel 20:49. Misused his prophets; imprisoning and persecuting them, as they did Jeremiah. Or, seduced themselves by his prophets, i.e. by their prophecies, which they perverted or misconstrued. An eminent instance we have in this, that because Jeremiah prophesied that Zedekiah should be led to Babylon, Jeremiah 32:5, and Ezekiel, that he should not see Babylon, Ezekiel 12:13, therefore they believed neither, as the... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:1-23

CRITICAL NOTES.] This chapter gives the reigns of Jehoahaz (2 Chronicles 36:1-4), of Jehoiakim (2 Chronicles 36:5-8), of Jehoiachin (2 Chronicles 36:9-10), and of Zedekiah (2 Chronicles 36:11-21); the proclamation of Cyrus (2 Chronicles 36:22-23). Parallel with 2 Kings 23:21-25. “The chapter scarcely adds anything to our knowledge of the later history of the Jewish kingdom, but it was requisite to complete the design of the work, which aimed at tracing the fortunes of the Jewish people from the... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:15-16

2 Chronicles 36:15-16 I. Prophecy is as old as the Hebrew nation itself, and indeed far older. The life of the nation begins with the age of Moses, but Moses in his writings leads us back to the fountain-head of man's history, and shows us the first dawn of the Divine revelation, breaking through the darkness of that old-world history, and making it bright with the promise of a glorious, though far-distant, day. II. The national life is everywhere closely intertwined with this Divine... read more