PUBLIC-DOMAIN CHRISTIAN BOOK
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible — II Chronicles
Gill, John, 1697-1771 · 68,450 words · 407 reading sections
2 Chronicles 33:12
2 Chronicles 33:12 Ver. 12. And when he was in affliction,.... In prison; however, in fetters; according to the Targum, the Chaldeans made an instrument of brass with holes in it, and put him in it, and fire about it, something like the brasen bull of Perillus; and the above Arabian writer {k} calls it a tower of bras…
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2 Chronicles 33:13 Ver. 13. And prayed unto him,.... To have mercy on him, and forgive him his sins: and he was entreated of him, and heard his supplication; and granted his request, showed favour to him, and forgave him his sins: and brought him again to Jerusalem into his kingdom; so wrought upon the heart of the …
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2 Chronicles 33:14 Ver. 14. Now after this he built a wall without the city of David,.... Which perhaps had been broken down by the Assyrian army, when it came and took him; Vitringa {l} thinks this is the wall of the pool of Siloah, Ne 3:15 which seems to be the first and oldest wall, as Josephus {m}; for that turnin…
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2 Chronicles 33:15 Ver. 15. And he took away the strange gods, and the idol out of the house of the Lord,.... Which he had set there, 2Ch 33:7 and all the altars that he had built in the mount of the house of the Lord, and in Jerusalem; see 2Ch 33:4, and cast them out of the city; perhaps into the brook Kidron; all …
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2 Chronicles 33:16 Ver. 16. And he repaired the altar of the Lord,.... Which was fallen to ruin, being neglected and disused in his times of idolatry: or, according to the Keri, or marginal reading, and so the Targum, "he built it"; which perhaps he had before pulled down and destroyed: and sacrificed thereon peace o…
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2 Chronicles 33:17 Ver. 17. Nevertheless, the people did sacrifice still in the high places,.... Not in those that were built for idols, at least did not sacrifice to them; for it follows: yet unto the Lord their God only; the Targum is, "to the name of the Word of the Lord their God.''…
55 wordsSECTION 3672 Chronicles 33:18
2 Chronicles 33:18 Ver. 18. Now the rest of the acts of Manasseh,.... Good and bad, what were done by him both before and after his conversion: and his prayer unto his God; which it seems was taken and recorded, but now lost; for as for that which is among the apocryphal writings, there is no reason to believe it to …
223 wordsSECTION 3682 Chronicles 33:19
2 Chronicles 33:19 Ver. 19. His prayer also,.... Was not only recorded in the above annals, but in the writings of another person after mentioned: and how God was entreated of him; heard his prayer, and showed him favour both in a temporal and spiritual way; for though the Jews would not allow that he was saved, or h…
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2 Chronicles 33:20 Ver. 20-25. So Manasseh slept with his fathers, and they buried him in his own house,.... That is, in the garden of his house, See Gill on "2Ki 21:18"; there; to which may be added, that the Jews {s} in later times buried in a garden; though it was the custom of the ancients, both Greeks {t} and Rom…
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2 Chronicles 33:21 Ver. 21. See Gill on "2Ch 33:20" 2 Chronicles 33:22Ver. 22. See Gill on "2Ch 33:20" 2 Chronicles 33:23Ver. 23. See Gill on "2Ch 33:20" 2 Chronicles 33:24Ver. 24. See Gill on "2Ch 33:20" 2 Chronicles 33:25Ver. 25. See Gill on "2Ch 33:20" John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible.…
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2 Chronicles 34:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 34 This chapter begins with the good reign of Josiah, the reformation he made in the land, purging it from idolatry, 2Ch 34:1, relates the orders he gave to repair the house of the Lord, which was accordingly done, 2Ch 34:8, when the book of the law was found and brought…
168 wordsSECTION 3722 Chronicles 34:3
2 Chronicles 34:3 Ver. 3. For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young,.... Being in the sixteenth year of his age; though Kimchi thinks it was the very year he began to reign, which was the eighth of his age; and Jarchi observes, it may be interpreted, "though he was young, he began to seek after the G…
226 wordsSECTION 3732 Chronicles 34:4
2 Chronicles 34:4 Ver. 4. And they broke down the altars of Baalim in his presence,.... He not only ordered them to be broke down, but he went in person, and saw it done; these were the altars Manasseh had reared up to the idols; and though upon his humiliation he cast them out, they were rebuilt by Amon his son, see …
252 wordsSECTION 3742 Chronicles 34:5
2 Chronicles 34:5 Ver. 5. And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars,.... On which they sacrificed, in detestation of their idolatry, and to deter from it; and this he did according to the prophecy of him, above three hundred and fifty years before: and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem; from idolatry, and al…
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2 Chronicles 34:6 Ver. 6. And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali,.... Which though they belonged to the ten tribes, yet these being carried captive by the king of Assyria, they that were left became subject to the kings of Judah, See Gill on "2Ki 23:19", with their mattoc…
126 wordsSECTION 3762 Chronicles 34:7
2 Chronicles 34:7 Ver. 7. And when he had broken down the altars and the groves,.... The statues or images in them: and had beaten the graven images into powder; and strewed it on the graves of the idolaters: and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel; the sun images as in 2Ch 34:4, he returned to…
122 wordsSECTION 3772 Chronicles 34:8
2 Chronicles 34:8 Ver. 8. Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land and the house,.... The temple; this was in the twenty sixth year of his age, six years this work had been doing before it was finished: he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah: who only is mentioned in 2Ki 22:3 two more are adde…
225 wordsSECTION 3782 Chronicles 34:9
2 Chronicles 34:9 Ver. 9. And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest,.... To whom they were sent to advise with about the repair of the temple: they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God; that is, the high priest, and the Levites the doorkeepers, gave it to the king's ministers; which money wa…
183 wordsSECTION 3792 Chronicles 34:10
2 Chronicles 34:10 Ver. 10. And they put it,.... The king's ministers did: in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the Lord; whose business it was to inspect the temple, and see what repairs were necessary, and to overlook the workmen in making those repairs; the names of these overseers are…
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2 Chronicles 34:11 Ver. 11. Even to the artificers and builders gave they it,.... To the masons and carpenters: to buy hewn stone; to put in the room of that which was decayed or fallen down: and timber for couplings; of boards, beams, and rafters: and to floor the houses; the chambers, the apartments in the temple…
89 wordsSECTION 3812 Chronicles 34:12
2 Chronicles 34:12 Ver. 12. And the men did that work faithfully,.... The labouring men, as also their inspectors, see 2Ki 22:7 and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; the third son of Levi: and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites; who had their name …
160 wordsSECTION 3822 Chronicles 34:13
2 Chronicles 34:13 Ver. 13. Also they were over the bearers of burdens,.... Who carried the timber and stones to the workmen, to look after them, that they were not dilatory, and that the workmen might not stand still for want of materials being brought to them to work with: and were overseers over all that wrought i…
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2 Chronicles 34:14 Ver. 14. And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the Lord,.... The Levites, who brought it out of the country into the temple, and from thence brought it to the high priest, who delivering it to the king's ministers, and they to the overseers, the repairs were begun: …
559 wordsSECTION 3842 Chronicles 35:1
2 Chronicles 35:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 35 In this chapter we have an account of the keeping of the passover and its preparation, for which the priests and Levites were ordered to prepare, and to which Josiah, and his princes, gave liberally, and such an one was kept as had not been for ages past, 2Ch 35:1, an…
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2 Chronicles 35:2 Ver. 2. And he set the priests in their charges,.... In their offices, and in their proper places, to execute them: and encouraged them to the service of the house of the Lord; to attend it with cheerfulness and constancy, and do it according to the will of God, promising his favour and protection.…
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2 Chronicles 35:3 Ver. 3. And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel,.... Whose business it was to go through the several tribes, and instruct them in the knowledge of God, his word and worship, statutes and ordinances. In an ancient MS. mentioned by Junius, it is read, "who prepared for all Israel the holy thin…
319 wordsSECTION 3872 Chronicles 35:4
2 Chronicles 35:4 Ver. 4. And prepare yourselves,.... To do their work in this service of the sanctuary, the passover; that they be ready to do it, and diligent in it, and perform it according to the law of God: by the houses of your fathers, after your courses; such of them whose turn in course it was to officiate: …
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2 Chronicles 35:5 Ver. 5. And stand in the holy place,.... The court of the priests, where their ministrations were: according to the divisions of the families of your brethren the people; of the other tribes, who were according to their families to provide a lamb for the passover: and after the division of the fami…
90 wordsSECTION 3892 Chronicles 35:6
2 Chronicles 35:6 Ver. 6. So kill the passover,.... In the manner, time, and place, and for the persons it should be killed: and sanctify yourselves: by washing themselves and garments, that they might be fit for this service: and prepare your brethren; prepare a lamb for your brethren, or instruct them how to perfo…
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2 Chronicles 35:7 Ver. 7. And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings,.... Which be either lambs or kids of the goats, Ex 12:5, for all that were present, to the number of 30,000; that is, 30,000 lambs or kids, which would serve 30,000 families: and three thousand bullo…
119 wordsSECTION 3912 Chronicles 35:8
2 Chronicles 35:8 Ver. 8. And his princes gave willingly to the people, to the priests and the Levites,.... Besides, to some other families, they gave also to poor priests and Levites, which the king's bounty did not extend to; and these princes were not secular, but ecclesiastical princes, as follows: Hilkiah, and Z…
126 wordsSECTION 3922 Chronicles 35:9
2 Chronicles 35:9 Ver. 9. Cononiah also, and Shemaiah and Nathaneel his brethren,.... See 2Ch 31:12 and Hashabiah, and Jehiel, and Jozabad, chief of the Levites; men of considerable substance, and in good posts and offices: gave unto the Levites; their poor brethren of that order: for passover offerings five thousa…
71 wordsSECTION 3932 Chronicles 35:10
2 Chronicles 35:10 Ver. 10. So the service was prepared,.... Every thing was got ready both for the passover and the feast of unleavened bread, for all sorts of people, rich and poor: and the priests stood in their place; in their court near the altar, to sprinkle the blood of the sacrifices about it, as in the follo…
81 wordsSECTION 3942 Chronicles 35:11
2 Chronicles 35:11 Ver. 11. And they killed the passover,.... The lambs for the passover, which was done by the Levites: and the priests sprinkled [the blood] from their hands; which they received from the Levites, see 2Ch 30:16. and the Levites flayed them; the passover lambs, took off their skins.…
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2 Chronicles 35:12 Ver. 12. And they removed the burnt offerings,.... Either such of the lambs and kids as were designed for burnt offerings for the people; these they separated from those that were for the passover; or they removed from them what was to be burnt, the fat of the inwards, of the kidneys, and the caul o…
148 wordsSECTION 3962 Chronicles 35:13
2 Chronicles 35:13 Ver. 13. And they roasted the passover with fire, according to the ordinance,.... Of the Lord by Moses, Ex 12:8 but the other holy offerings; which were the peace offerings: sod they in pots, and in cauldrons, and pans; which was forbid to be done with the passover lamb, but might with the other s…
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2 Chronicles 35:14 Ver. 14. And afterwards they made ready for themselves, and for the priests,.... The passover lambs, and such parts of the peace offerings that belonged to them: because the priests the sons of Aaron were busied in offering burnt offerings; such as are before said to be removed or separated for tha…
1,347 wordsSECTION 3982 Chronicles 36:1
2 Chronicles 36:1 INTRODUCTION TO 2 CHRONICLES 36 This chapter records the reigns of the four kings of Judah, and the captivity of the Jews, the short reign of Jehoahaz, deposed by the king of Egypt, and his brother Eliakim or Jehoiakim set up in his room, 2Ch 36:1, the reign of Jehoiakim, who was bound and carried a…
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2 Chronicles 36:14 Ver. 14. Moreover, the chief of the priests, and of the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the Heathens,.... The priests, and even the chief of them, who should have instructed the people in the duties of religion, and retained them in the pure worship of God, these were th…
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2 Chronicles 36:15 Ver. 15. And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers,.... The prophets of the Lord, to admonish them of their idolatries, and to reprove them for them, to warn them of the wrath of God that would come upon them on that account, unless they repented and reformed; these were at th…
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2 Chronicles 36:16 Ver. 16. But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words,.... Which was the treatment Jeremiah and Ezekiel frequently met with: and misused his prophets; imprisoned them, as Micaiah and Jeremiah were: until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people; which burned like fire in his…
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2 Chronicles 36:17 Ver. 17. Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees,.... Nebuchadnezzar; and though it was the rebellion of Zedekiah which was the cause and occasion of his coming against them, yet it was the Lord that moved him to it, and gave him success: who slew their young men with the sword, in …
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2 Chronicles 36:18 Ver. 18. And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small,.... All that were left; for some had been carried away in both the reigns preceding: and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his princes; which became the spoil and booty of the soldiers: al…
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2 Chronicles 36:19 Ver. 19. And they burnt the house of the Lord,.... The temple; of which, and what follows in this verse, See Gill on "Jer 52:13", See Gill on "Jer 52:14".…
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2 Chronicles 36:20 Ver. 20. And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away captive,.... The king of Babylon, or his general by his orders, excepting some poor persons left to till the land, see Jer 52:15, where they were servants to him and his sons; his son Evilmerodach, and his grandson Belshazzar, See Gi…
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2 Chronicles 36:21 Ver. 21. To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,.... That is, the Jews were so long servants in Babylon, as in the preceding verse, to accomplish Jeremiah's prophecy of it, 2Ch 25:12 until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths; the sabbatical years, or seventh year sabbaths, which, acc…
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2 Chronicles 36:22 Ver. 22,23. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,.... These two verses are the same with which the next book, the book of Ezra, begins, where they will be explained; and these two books, the one ending and the other beginning with the same words, is a strong presumption, that one and the sa…
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