2 Chronicles 36:13
He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.
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Exodus 8:15But when Pharaoh saw that there was a respite, he hardened his heart, and did not listen to them, as the Lord had spoken.
Exodus 9:17as you still exalt yourself against my people, that you won't let them go.
Joshua 9:15Joshua made peace with them, and made a covenant with them, to let them live. The princes of the congregation swore to them.
2 Samuel 21:2The king called the Gibeonites, and said to them (now the Gibeonites were not of the children of Israel, but of the remnant of the Amorites; and the children of Israel had sworn to them: and Saul sought to kill them in his zeal for the children of Israel and Judah);
2 Kings 24:20For through the anger of the Lord, it happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
2 Chronicles 30:8Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were; but yield yourselves to the Lord, and enter into his sanctuary, which he has sanctified forever, and serve the Lord your God, that his fierce anger may turn away from you.
Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 36:12-22
11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord . 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. 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much… Read the whole commentary →