Passage Research
2 Chronicles 36 — Sermon Preparation
Four kings — Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah — reign and fall; Jerusalem is destroyed, the people are exiled to Babylon, and the land rests. Below is a research summary for 2 Chronicles 36, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- classic sermon excerpts
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2 Chronicles 36 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מָלַךְ | mâlak | H4427 | 13 | reign, ascend the throne |
| יְרוּשָׁלִַ͏ם | Yᵉrûwshâlaim | H3389 | 11 | Jerushalaim, Jerushalem |
| שָׁנֶה | shâneh | H8141 | 9 | year, revolution |
| בָּבֶל | Bâbel | H894 | 7 | Babel, Babylonia |
| פָּרַס | Pâraç | H6539 | 4 | Paras |
| נְבוּכַדְנֶאצַּר | Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar | H5019 | 4 | Nebukadnetstsar, retstsar |
| כּוֹרֶשׁ | Kôwresh | H3566 | 3 | Koresh |
How preachers through history handled this text
4 public-domain excerpts on 2 Chronicles 36, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish. See here what woful havoc sin makes, and, as we value the comfort and continuance of our earthly blessings, let us keep that worm from the root of them. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 2 Chronicles 36:1–21 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— 2 Chr 36:1
- Babylon 1— 2 Chr 36:10
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