2 Chronicles 36:20

Contextual Overview

¹¹Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹¹ Tzidkiyahu was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Yerushalayim: ¹¹ Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹¹ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹¹ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king of Judah, and he was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. ¹¹ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹¹Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹¹ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹¹ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: ¹¹ Zedekiah was one and twentie yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and reigned eleuen yeere in Ierusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3416-3468, bc 588-536

And them that had escaped from: Heb. And the remainder from

they were servants: Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48, Jeremiah 27:7

until the reign: 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1-11

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee Esther 2:6 - Jeconiah Isaiah 24:2 - as with the people Isaiah 39:7 - of thy sons Jeremiah 38:23 - they shall Jeremiah 52:29 - the eighteenth Lamentations 1:3 - gone Ezekiel 14:22 - therein Micah 2:4 - he hath changed Micah 2:10 - and Micah 4:10 - shalt thou Matthew 1:11 - about

Cross-References

Genesis 14:6
and the Hori in their Mount Se`ir, to El-Paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, unto Elparan, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El-Paran, which is at the wilderness.

Genesis 14:6
They also defeated the Horites in the mountains of Edom to El Paran (near the desert).

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their hill country of Seir, as far as El Paran, which is near the desert.

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their mountainous country of Seir, as far as El-paran, which is on the border of the wilderness.

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites on their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 14:6
And the Horites in their mount Seir, vnto the plaine of Paran, which is by the wildernesse.

Genesis 14:6
and the Horites in their Mount Seir, as far as El-paran, which is by the wilderness.

Genesis 14:6
They also defeated the Horites in the hill country of Edom, as far as El-Paran, near the desert.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away captive,.... The king of Babylon, or his general by his orders, excepting some poor persons left to till the land, see Jeremiah 52:15,

where they were servants to him and his sons; his son Evilmerodach, and his grandson Belshazzar, Jeremiah 52:15- ::

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, the son of Japheth; and others say Pars was the son of Elam, the son of Shem, the son of Noah a; but Bochart b, seems to be most correct in the derivation of the word, who observes, from Xenophon c, horses were very rare in this country; and very few could ride them before the times of Cyrus, who taught his foot soldiers to ride horses; and hence it became common, so that none of the best men of the land cared to be seen on foot; yea, he made a law, that it should be reckoned infamous if any of those he had taught the art of riding were seen to go on foot, though ever so little a way; from this sudden change made in his time the people were called Persians, and the country Persia; in the Arabic language, "pharas" signifying a horse, and "pharis" a horseman; and the same writer observes, that hence it is that no mention is made of this country, in the name of Persia, by Isaiah and Jeremiah; but by Ezekiel and Daniel, who were contemporary with Cyrus; and in this book and the following historical ones, which were wrote after the Babylonish captivity, as their history shows; and that this book was, is clear from the preceding clause, as well as from the three last verses.

a Hyde, Hist. Relig. Vet. Pers. c. 35. p. 418, 419. b Phaleg. l. 4. c. 10. col. 224. c Cyropaedia, l. 1. c. 11. & l. 4. c. 17, 18.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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.