Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 2 Chronicles 36:13
And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.
13. who had made him swear by God ] Cp. Eze 17:11-19.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
The oath of allegiance was taken when he was first installed in his kingdom. On Zedekiahs sin in breaking his oath, see Eze 17:18-20; Eze 21:25.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Who had made him swear by God; who had required and forced him to swear fealty and constant obedience to him by the true God, whom he had served, and whom he called upon to be a witness against him if he broke his oath. So his rebellion was aggravated with perjury, and horrid contempt of God. Compare Eze 17:18. Hardened his heart, i.e. he added obstinacy and incorrigibleness to his sins.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
13. who had made him swear byGodZedekiah received his crown on the express condition oftaking a solemn oath of fealty to the king of Babylon (Eze17:13); so that his revolt by joining in a league withPharaoh-hophra, king of Egypt, involved the crime of perjury. His ownpride and obdurate impiety, the incurable idolatry of the nation, andtheir reckless disregard of prophetic warnings, brought down on hisalready sadly reduced kingdom the long threatened judgments of God.Nebuchadnezzar, the executioner of the divine vengeance, commenced athird siege of Jerusalem, which, after holding out for a year and ahalf, was taken in the eleventh year of the reign of Zedekiah. Itresulted in the burning of the temple, with, most probably, the ark,and in the overthrow of the kingdom of Judah (see on 2Ki25:1-7; Eze 12:13; Eze17:16).
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
[See comments on 2Ch 36:1]
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(13) And he also rebelled.2Ki. 24:20.
Who had made him swear by God.When Nebuchadnezzar appointed Zedekiah vassal-king of Judah, he would naturally make him swear fealty to himself by the God of his fathers. The fact is not specially recorded in Kings; but the prophet Ezekiel makes it the point of a prophecy against the king and his grandees (Eze. 17:11-21; comp, especially 2Ch. 36:17, mine oath that he hath despised.)
But (and) stiffened his neck and hardened his heart.(Comp. the like expression in Deu. 2:30; 2Ki. 17:14; Jer. 19:15.) Zedekiah was not personally unfavourable to the prophet Jeremiah, and consulted him more than once; but he was too weak and timorous to stand by the prophetic counsel, in defiance of his princes who were intriguing with Egypt.
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
made him swear. Ezekiel refers to this (Eze 17:11-20).
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rebelled: 2Ki 24:20, Jer 52:2, Jer 52:3, Eze 17:11-20
who had: Jos 9:15, Jos 9:19, Jos 9:20, 2Sa 21:2
stiffened: 2Ki 17:4, Neh 9:16, Neh 9:17, Isa 48:4
hardened: Exo 8:15, Exo 8:32, Exo 9:17, Neh 9:29, Rom 2:4, Rom 2:5, Heb 3:8, Heb 3:13
Reciprocal: Exo 9:34 – and hardened Deu 9:6 – a stiffnecked Jos 2:12 – swear 2Ki 17:14 – but hardened 2Ch 30:8 – be ye not stiffnecked Ezr 4:12 – rebellious Pro 29:1 – hardeneth Jer 27:3 – the messengers Jer 43:2 – Thou speakest Eze 2:4 – they Eze 17:13 – taken an oath of him Eze 17:15 – he rebelled Eze 19:14 – fire Eze 21:23 – to them that have sworn oaths Eze 21:25 – profane Dan 5:20 – hardened Zec 1:2 – Lord
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ch 36:13. Who had made him swear by God Who had required him to swear fealty and constant obedience to him, by the true God, whom he called upon to be a witness against him if he broke his oath. So his rebellion was aggravated with perjury and horrid contempt of God. But he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart He added obstinacy and incorrigibleness to his sins.