Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:5 - 36:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - 2 Chronicles 36:5 - 36:5

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36:1 - 36:1
36:2 - 36:2
36:3 - 36:3
36:4 - 36:4
36:5 - 36:5
36:6 - 36:6
36:9 - 36:9
36:11 - 36:11
36:13 - 36:13
36:21 - 36:21
36:22 - 36:22

2Ch 36:5-8. Jehoiakim, reigning ill, is carred into Babylon.

Jehoiakim ... did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord - He followed the course of his idolatrous predecessors; and the people, to a great extent, disinclined to the reforming policy of his father, eagerly availed themselves of the vicious license which his lax administration restored. His character is portrayed with a masterly hand in the prophecy of Jeremiah (Jer 22:13-19). As the deputy of the king of Egypt, he departed further than his predecessor from the principles of Josiah’s government; and, in trying to meet the insatiable cupidity of his master by grinding exactions from his subjects, he recklessly plunged into all evil.