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2018 February 19




The Destruction of Jerusalem Under the Babylonian Rule (1493)
Michel Wolgemut (1434-1519) and Wilhelm Pleydenwurff (1460-1494)
Northern Renaissance Style (Both)
Nuremberg Chronicle, Thomas Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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     [ Illustration: Today's image depicts one of the key events of today's chapter, the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon. ]



SPECIAL NOTE:

[ I will again be working through the Scriptures from Genesis to Revelation. I will be adding links, resources, images, and the like, upgrading the former work-through which began with the 2013-10-12 posting which can be found, along with the full Genesis to Revelation postings, in the Archive Page. Postings will be at midnight Eastern Time, as I am able. However, no chapters will be skipped, even though a posting may be late. And all postings will be housed in the Archive Page. ]


     Explanation: 2 Chronicles 36 documents the last 22 years of the Kingdom of Judah, the last four kings (Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah), the captivity of the land, and the decree of Cyrus to release the captives.

[Traditional Patriarchal Timeline. Judges. Judges Period Chronology. Kings of Judah and Israel #1. Kings of Judah and Israel #2].

     Jehoahaz (608 B.C.), the son of Josiah (640-608 B.C.), became King of Judah after his father's death. He was 23 when he began his reign; and he reigned for only three months. The King of Egypt deposed him and put the realm to tribute. And he made his brother, Eliakim, king; and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. He then took Jehoahaz to Egypt (1-4).
     Jehoiakim/Eliakim (608-597 B.C.) was twenty five when he began to reign; and he reigned for 11 years. He was evil; and Nebuchadnezzar captured him and took him to Babylon. He also took the vessels from the Temple and put them in his Temple in Babylon. The rest of Jehoiakim/Eliakim's acts are written in his court records (5-8).
     Jehoiachin (597 B.C.), the son of Jehoiakim/Eliakim, took the throne after his father was deported. He reigned for three months and ten days. He was evil. And Nebuchadnezzar took him to Babylon together with the vessels from the Temple. And he made Zedekiah, his brother, king (9-10).
      Zedekiah (597-586 B.C.) was 21 when he came to the throne; and he reigned for 11 years. He was evil; and he refused to listen to Jeremiah. He rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. And the priests and the people rebelled against the LORD by practicing idolatry (11-14).
     In his compassion, the LORD sent messengers to them; but they mocked and misused them; and the wrath of the LORD came upon them, until there was no remedy (15-16). And the LORD brought the Chaldeans upon them. And they killed men, women, and children and broke down the Temple. And they looted Jerusalem and the Temple and took many captives to Babylon. And the land lay desolate for 70 years and had its sabbaths during that time (17-21). When the seventy years were up, Cyrus the Great (559-530 B.C.), king of Persia, made a decree to send all who were willing back to Jerusalem and Judah to rebuild the Temple. This decree is also found at the beginning of the book of Ezra; and it links the two books (22-23).
      The kings mentioned in this chapter were contemporary with Jeremiah (627-560 B.C.), Habakkuk (609 B.C.), Daniel (606-530 B.C.), Ezekiel (593-570 B.C.), and Obadiah (587 B.C.).

     [ Sermons: Joel R Beeke. Various. ]







RESOURCES

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          [ THEMATICALLY AND CHRONOLOGICALLY RELATED SCRIPTURES: 2 Chronicles 36: 2 Kings 23:30-37; 2 Kings 24; 2 Kings 25; Isaiah 13:17-22; Isaiah 44:28; Ezekiel; Daniel; Jeremiah; Lamentations; Esther; Habakkuk; Psalm 67; Psalm 74; Psalm 79; Psalm 85; Psalm 123; Psalm 126; Psalm 130; Psalm 137].
     [1] 2 Kings 23:30-35; 2 Chronicles 26:1; 2 Chronicles 33:25; 1 Chronicles 3:15; 2 Kings 23:30.
     [3] 2 Kings 23:33.
     [4] 2 Kings 23:34; Jeremiah 22:10-12; 2 Kings 23:36 - 2 Kings 24:7; 2 Kings 3; Jeremiah 25:26.
     [5] 2 Kings 23:36-37; 2 Kings 24:1-4; 2 Chronicles 33:11; Jeremiah 46:2; Daniel 1:1; 2 Kings 25:8; Jeremiah 25:1.
     [7] Daniel 1:2.
     [8] 2 Kings 24:5; Jeremiah 25:6; Jeremiah 7:5-11; Jeremiah 22:13-19; 2 Chronicles 19:3; 2 Chronicles 33:25; 2 Kings 24:5-6; 2 Kings 21:26; Jeremiah 22:18-19; Jeremiah 36:30; 2 Kings 24:8-17; Jeremiah 22:24-30; Ezekiel 19:5-9.
     [9] 2 Kings 24:8; 2 Chronicles 25:1; 2 Chronicles 25:8; 2 Kings 24:9.
     [10] 2 Samuel 11:1; 1 Kings 20:22; 2 Chronicles 32:27; 2 Chronicles 36:7; 2 Kings 24:13; Jeremiah 27:18-22; 1 Chronicles 3:15; 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Kings 24:18 - 2 Kings 25:21; Jeremiah 39; Jeremiah 52; Jeremiah 3.
     [11] 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 22:1-10; Jeremiah 27 - 28; Jeremiah 32-34; Jeremiah 37 - 38.
     [13] 2 Kings 24:20; Ezekiel 17:11-21; Deuteronomy 2:30; 2 Kings 17:14; Jeremiah 19:15.
     [14] 2 Kings 17:7-23; Ezekiel 8:5-18; Jeremiah 32:32; 2 Kings 17:13.
     [15] Jeremiah 25:3-4; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 29:19; Jeremiah 35:14-15; 2 Chronicles 30:27; Psalm 26:8; Jeremiah 25:6.
     [16] Genesis 27:12; Isaiah 28:9-14; Ezekiel 33; Ezekiel 30; Jeremiah 17:15; Jeremiah 20:7-8; 2 Chronicles 21:18; 2 Chronicles 30:20; Psalm 18:8; 2 Samuel 11:20.
     [17] Jeremiah 15:1-9; Deuteronomy 32:25; Jeremiah 37:6; Jeremiah 32:3-4.
     [18] 2 Kings 25:13-17; Jeremiah 27:19.
     [19] 2 Kings 25:9; Jeremiah 39:8; 2 Kings 25:9-10; Isaiah 64:11; 2 Kings 25:13; Jeremiah 27:7; 2 Kings 20:18.
     [21] Jeremiah 25:11-12; Jeremiah 29:10; Leviticus 25:1-7; Leviticus 26:34-35; Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 25:12; Ezra 1:1-3; Isaiah 44:28; Isaiah 45-47.
     [22] Ezra 1:1; 1 Chronicles 5:26; 2 Chronicles 21:16; 2 Chronicles 30:5; 2 Chronicles 35:4; Ezra 1:3; Isaiah 44:28.
     -- From Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers ]


          [ CHRONOLOGY: GENERAL. Patriarchs (Traditional). Judges # 1. Judges # 2. Kings # 1. Kings # 2. Prophets # 1. Prophets # 2. NT # 1. NT # 2. NT # 3. ]

          [ MAPS: Maps # 1. Maps # 2. Maps # 3. Maps # 4. Maps # 5. ]

          [ COMMENTARIES, ETC: GENERAL: Bible Study Tools; Bible Hub: Study Light; Blue Letter Bible // PSALMS: Monergism: Precept Austin: The Treasury of David; John Gill; John Calvin - Volumes 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

          [ MUSIC: GENERAL: The Cyber Hymnal // PSALMS: Genevan Psalter (Instrumental). VARIOUS ARTISTS: Micha'el Ben David. Sons of Korah. Fernando Ortega. Janet Isaac Morrison. Music of the Bible Revealed - Suzanne Haik-Vantoura. Dr. David Erb. Gregorian Chants. ]



HARMONY OF THE LAW


John Calvin - CCEL | Analytical Chart - BLB



GOSPEL HARMONIES

Gospel Harmony - Summary | The Harmony of the Gospels - Augustine | Gospel Harmony Chart - Online Bible

Greek Harmony of the Gospels - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF) | Gospel Harmony in English - Robertson - (Downloadable PDF)

HEBREW AND GREEK INTERLINEAR BIBLES


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Bible Hub Interlinear Hebrew and Greek Bible


Bible Hub Hebrew Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Hebrew Interlinear


Mounce Interlinear | Bible Hub Greek Interlinear | Scripture 4 All Greek Interlinear Bible




2 Chronicles Detailed Outline



2 Chronicles 36

Notes: In the Hebrew Bible 1 & 2 Chronicles are one Book. The author may have been Ezra.

2. The Kings: The Kings from the Tribes of Benjamin and Judah (1 Chronicles 10:1 - 2 Chronicles 36:14)

B. From the Tribe of Judah (1 Chronicles 11:1 - 2 Chronicles 36:14)

18. Josiah of Judah (2 Chronicles 34:1 - 36:1) - {640-609}

Map 1: Bible Nations | Map 2: Empire of David and Solomon Map 3: Kingdoms of Judah and Israel | Time Line


     1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

19. Jehoahaz of Judah (2 Chronicles 36:2-4) - {609}

2 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

20. Jehoiakim of Judah (2 Chronicles 36:5-8) - {609-597}

5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

21. Jehoiachin of Judah (2 Chronicles 36:9-10) - {597}

     9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and bought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

22. Zedekiah of Judah (2 Chronicles 36:11-14) - {597-586}

     11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD. 13 And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much [they increased offending to offend] after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

3. The Temple: The Fate of the Temple (2 Chronicles 36:15-23)

A. Temple Destroyed (2 Chronicles 36:15-21)

     15 And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: 16 But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.
     17 Therefore he bought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand. 18 And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he bought to Babylon. 19 And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. 20 And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia: 21 To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as [all of the days] she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

B. Temple Recommissioned (2 Chronicles 36:22-23)

     22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation [and he is causing to pass a voice] throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged [he committed unto me] to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.


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