Lux Domini

2 Chronicles  36:5

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

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Interpretation

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.

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This thought runs through 2 Chronicles 36:5-8.

2 Chronicles 36:5 2 Chronicles 36:6 2 Chronicles 36:7 2 Chronicles 36:8

Glossary

Jerusalem Place
Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.
Jehoiakim Person
He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (B. C. 610-599). His original name was Eliakim (q. v. ).