Charles Ellicott Commentary 2 Chronicles 36:3

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:3

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:3

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold." — 2 Chronicles 36:3 (ASV)

And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem. —Rather, removed him. 3 Esdras 1:33 adds from reigning, which is almost demanded by the context.

The Septuagint follows the reading of 2 Kings 23:33: And Pharaoh-necho bound him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, from reigning (i.e., so that he reigned not) in Jerusalem; but the Syriac and Vulgate support the existing Hebrew text.

The Septuagint begins the verse thus: And he did the evil before the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done; and adds, after the clause about the fine, and the king took him away to Egypt.

Condemned the land in.Fined the land.—So Kings: laid a fine upon the land.

Riblah was in Syria, on the river Orontes. Necho may have ordered or enticed Jehoahaz to meet him there.