2 Chronicles 36:8 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes

2 Chronicles 36:8

6 ^aNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in¹ bronze fetters to ^bcarry him off to Babylon.

7 ^aNebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then¹ Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin

9 ^aJehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

10 At the turn of the year ^aKing Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, ^bwith the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made ^cZedekiah, Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

11 ^aZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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I & II Chronicles

THE FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF CHRONICLES were also considered as one by the ancient Jews, who called them "words of days," that is, diaries or journals, being probably compiled from those registers that were kept by the king's historiographers of passing occurrences. In the Septuagint the title given them is Paraleipomenon, "of things omitted," that is, the books are supplementary because many things unnoticed in the former books are here recorded; and not only the omissions are supplied, but some narratives extended while others are added. The authorship is commonly ascribed to Ezra, whose leading object seems to have been to show the division of families, possessions, etc., before the captivity, with a view to the exact restoration of the same order after the return from Babylon. Although many things are restated and others are exact repetitions of what is contained in Kings, there is so much new and important information that, as JEROME has well said, the Chronicles furnish the means of comprehending parts of the New Testament, which must have been unintelligible without them. They are frequently referred to by Christ and the Apostles as forming part of "the Word of God" (see the genealogies in Mat. 1:1-16; Luk. 3:23-38; compare II Chronicles 19:7 with I Peter 1:17; II Chronicles 24:19-21 with Matthew 23:32-35).