And the king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
The destruction of Judah and Jerusalem is here coming on by degrees. God so ordered it to show that he has no pleasure in the ruin of sinners, but had rather they would turn and live, and therefore gives them both time and inducement to repent and waits to be gracious. The history of these reigns was more largely recorded in the last three chapters of the second of Kings.
Commenting on 2 Chronicles 36:1-10
an hundred talents of silver--£3418 15s. and a talent of gold--£5475; total amount of tribute, £8893 15s.
And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. (b) To pay this as a yearly tribute.