Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 36:14

"Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people, trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem." — 2 Chronicles 36:14 (ASV)

SINS OF THE RULING CLASSES WHICH BROUGHT DOWN THE JUDGMENT OF GOD (2 Chronicles 36:14–16). (Compare with this passage 2 Kings 17:7–23.)

The chiefs. — The princes.

Transgressed very much. — Committed manifold unfaithfulness.

After all the abominations ... —See Ezekiel 8:5-18; where “the princes of the priests and the people” are specially singled out in 2 Chronicles 36:11; 2 Chronicles 36:16. The twenty-five men of the latter verse are the High Priest and the heads of the twenty-four courses of priests. (Compare also Jeremiah 32:32, sea.)

His Messengers. —The prophets (2 Kings 17:13).