2 Chronicles 36:20

“And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away captive, etc.] The king of Babylon, or his general by his orders, excepting some poor persons left to till the land, (see <245215>Jeremiah 52:15,16), where they were servants to him and his sons; his son Evilmerodach, and his grandson Belshazzar, (see Gill on “<242707>Jeremiah 27:7”): until the reign of the kingdom of Persia; until that monarchy began, as it did upon the taking of Babylon by Cyrus king of Persia. This is the first place we meet with this name of Persia in Scripture. The Arabic writers differ about the origin of it; some derive it from Pars the son of Arsham (Arphaxad), the son of Shem; others from Pars the son of Amur,…”

“Servants - Or, “slaves.” They were probably employed by Nebuchadnezzar in the forced labor which his great works necessitated. His sons - The word probably includes all Nebuchadnezzars successors in the independent sovereignty of Babylon. return to 'Top of Page'”

“am 3416-3468, bc 588-536 And them that had escaped from: Heb. And the remainder from they were servants: Deu 28:47, Deu 28:48; Jer 27:7 until the reign: Ch2 36:22; Ezr 1:1-11 2 Chronicles 36:21”

“He who remained from the sword, i.e., who had not been slain by the sword, had not fallen and died in war, Nebuchadnezzar carried away to Babylon into captivity; so that they became servants to him and to his sons, as Jeremiah ( Jer 27:7) prophesied, until the rise of the kingdom of the Persians. These last words also are an historical interpretation of the prophecy, Jer 27:7. All this was done ( Ch2 36:21) to fulfil (מלּאת instead of מלּא, as in Ch1 29:5), that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, he having prophesied ( Jer 25:11., Ch2 29:10) the seventy years' duration of Judah's desolation and the Babylonian captivity, while the king and people had not…”