Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 36:19

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:19

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:19

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"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." — 2 Chronicles 36:19 (ASV)

They burnt the house of God (2 Kings 25:9).

Broke down the wall... (Jeremiah 39:8; 2 Kings 25:9–10).

And destroyed all the goodly vessels. Literally, And all her delightsome vessels were for destroying (lĕhash c hîth). : all our pleasant things are laid waste. 2 Kings 25:13 speaks of the breaking up of the great vessels of the Temple, for the sake of carrying off their material more easily.

Servants to him and his sons ... kingdom Of Persia. This was a fulfilment of Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning Nebuchadnezzar: And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the time of his own land come (Jeremiah 27:7). Compare also Isaiah’s word to Hezekiah (2 Kings 20:18).