2 Chronicles Chapter 36

“Moreover, the chief of the priests, and of the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the Heathens, etc.] 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 the ringleaders of idolatry, who led the people to commit all the idolatries of the Heathens round about them; and of the people, all ranks and degrees of them were corrupted with them; this was their case in several of the preceding reigns, and now a little before the destruction of them: and polluted the house of the Lord,…”

“JEHOAHAZ, SUCCEEDING, IS DEPOSED BY PHARAOH. (Ch2 36:1-4) the people of the land took Jehoahaz--Immediately after Josiah's overthrow and death, the people raised to the throne Shallum (Ch1 3:15), afterwards called Jehoahaz, in preference to his older brother Eliakim, from whom they expected little good. Jehoahaz is said (Kg2 23:30) to have received at Jerusalem the royal anointing--a ceremony not usually deemed necessary, in circumstances of regular and undisputed succession. But, in the case of Jehoahaz, it seems to have been resorted to in order to impart greater validity to the act of popular election; and, it…”

“The narrative runs parallel with 2 Kings (marginal reference) as far as 2 Chronicles 36:13. The writer then emits the events following, and substitutes a sketch in which the moral and didactic element preponderates over the historical. return to 'Top of Page'”

“Found in him - That crime of rebellion against the king of Babylon, which for a time he kept in his own breast, but when he saw fit, discovered it, and was convicted of it. 2 Chronicles 36:10”

“36:1-4 Jehoahaz, also known as Shallum (see Jer 22:11), was not Josiah’s oldest son (1 Chr 3:15), and the reason he was chosen as king is not explained. Pharaoh Neco immediately intervened and established Jehoahaz’s older brother Eliakim in his place and renamed him Jehoiakim.”

“the people: Ch2 26:1, Ch2 33:25; Kg2 23:30-37 Jehoahaz: Kg2 23:31-34; Ch1 3:15; Jer 22:11 2 Chronicles 36:3”

“The reign of Jehoahaz. Cf. Kg2 23:30-35. \- After Josiah's death, the people of the land raised his son Jehoahaz (Joahaz), who was then twenty-three years old, to the throne; but he had been king in Jerusalem only three months when the Egyptian king (Necho) deposed him, imposed upon the land a fine of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold, made his brother Eliakim king under the name Jehoiakim, and carried Jehoahaz, who had been taken prisoner, away captive to Egypt. For further information as to the capture and carrying away of Jehoahaz, and the appointment of Eliakim to be king, see on Kg2 23:31-35. 2…”