2 Chronicles 36:10
in 2 Chronicles 36In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of Jehovah, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
KJV
And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 36
Commentary
5 notes on this verseMade Zedekiah - king - His name was at first Mattaniah, but the king of Babylon changed it to Zedekiah. See 2Ki 24:17 (note), and the notes there.
This site's exposition
he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days
on 2 Chronicles 36:9-10
Jehoiachin reigns “three months and ten days,” and evil is still the one word Chronicles gives him. The Hebrew gives his age as eight, and the Berean follows the eighteen of 2 Kings 24:8. Nebuchadnezzar brings him to Babylon and makes Zedekiah king, the last king Judah will have.
This site's exposition
In the spring
The Hebrew reads at the turn of the year, the season when kings went out to war, John Wesley and Albert Barnes explain. Barnes notes that Zedekiah was a son of Josiah and so Jehoiachin's uncle, and that the Hebrew word for brother covers such a relative.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Expired - Hebrew. at the return of the year: at the beginning of the next year, according to the sacred account of the Hebrew, at the spring of the year, the time when kings go forth to battle, as is elsewhere said, when Nebuchadnezzar, among others, went forth to settle and enlarge his conquests.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
When the year was expired - literally, as in the margin, i. e. at the return of the season for military expeditions. The expedition against Jehoiakim took place probably late in the autumn of one year, that against Jehoiachin early in the spring of the next. Strictly speaking, Zedekiah was uncle to Jehoiachin, being the youngest of the sons of Josiah (marginal note and reference). He was nearly of the same age with Jehoiachin, and is called here his “brother” (compare Gen 14:14).
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְלִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת | velitshuvat | and to [the] return of | H8666 → | |
| הַשָּׁנָ֗ה | hashanah | the year | H8141 → | 877 times |
| שָׁלַח֙ | shalach | he sent | H7971 → | 845 times |
| הַמֶּ֣לֶךְ | hamelekh | the king | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֔ר | nevukhadnetzar | Nebuchadnezzar | H5019 → | 60 times |
| וַיְבִאֵ֣הוּ | vayviehu | and he brought him | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בָבֶ֔לָה | vavelah | Babylon towards | H894 → | 262 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| כְּלֵ֖י | kelei | [the] articles of | H3627 → | 325 times |
| חֶמְדַּ֣ת | chemdat | preciousness of | H2532 → | 21 times |
| בֵּית־ | beit- | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| וַיַּמְלֵךְ֙ | vaiyamlekh | and he made king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ | tzidkiyahu | Zedekiah | H6667 → | 63 times |
| אָחִ֔יו | ʾachiv | relative his | H251 → | 630 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | over | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| וִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פ | virushalim | and Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
וְלִתְשׁוּבַ֣תand to [the] return of
velitshuvatH8666 →
הַשָּׁנָ֗הthe year
hashanahH8141 →877 times
שָׁלַח֙he sent
shalachH7971 →845 times
הַמֶּ֣לֶךְthe king
hamelekhH4428 →2525 times
נְבֽוּכַדְנֶאצַּ֔רNebuchadnezzar
nevukhadnetzarH5019 →60 times
וַיְבִאֵ֣הוּand he brought him
vayviehuH935 →2568 times
בָבֶ֔לָהBabylon towards
vavelahH894 →262 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
כְּלֵ֖י[the] articles of
keleiH3627 →325 times
חֶמְדַּ֣תpreciousness of
chemdatH2532 →21 times
בֵּית־[the] house of
beit-H1004 →2046 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
וַיַּמְלֵךְ֙and he made king
vaiyamlekhH4427 →348 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּZedekiah
tzidkiyahuH6667 →63 times
אָחִ֔יוrelative his
ʾachivH251 →630 times
עַל־over
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
וִֽירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃ פand Jerusalem
virushalimH3389 →643 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
2 Samuel 11:1In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David…
it leads to
- 1 Chronicles 20:1
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained…
- 1 Kings 20:26
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
- 1 Kings 20:22
Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against…
- 1 Chronicles 20:1
Through
Jeremiah 37:1Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 22:24
“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
- 2 Kings 24:17
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Jeremiah 22:24
Through
Jeremiah 22:25In fact, I will hand you over to those you dread, who want to take your life—to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Chaldeans.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 21:7
‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon…
- Jeremiah 21:7
Through
2 Chronicles 36:7Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 24:13
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king…
- 2 Kings 24:13
Through
2 Chronicles 36:18who carried off everything to Babylon—all the articles of the house of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:7
Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
- 2 Chronicles 36:7
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Who and where
5 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonExileJehoiachinCarried to Babylon after three months' reign; the captive king lifted from prison to the king's table in the book's final scene —…
- PersonExileZedekiahJudah's last king, who broke his oath to Babylon against Jeremiah's word; his sons slain before his eyes at Riblah, and the city a…
- PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869) and John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament.