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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 36 This chapter records the reigns of the four kings of Judah, and the captivity of the Jews, the short reign of Jehoahaz, deposed by the king of Egypt, and his brother Eliakim or Jehoiakim set up in his room, 2 Chronicles 36:1, the reign of Jehoiakim, who was bound and carried away by Nebuchadnezzar, 2 Chronicles 36:5, the reign of Jehoiachin his son, who also in a...
John Gill
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...
Matthew Henry
We have here, I. A short but sad account of the utter ruin of Judah and Jerusalem within a few years after Josiah's death. 1. The history of it in the unhappy reigns of Jehoahaz for three months (ver. 1-4), Jehoiakim (ver. 5-8) for eleven years, Jehoiach in three months (ver. 9, 10), and Zedekiah eleven years, ver. 11. Additions were made to the national guilt, and advances towards the national...