a 2 Kin 23:30-34
c Jer 22:11
d Jer 22:10-12
e 2 Kin 23:36, 37; Jer 22:13-19; 26:1; 35:1
f 2 Kin 24:1; Jer 25:1-9
g 2 Chr 33:11
h 2 Kin 24:13
i 2 Kin 24:5
k 2 Kin 24:8-17
l 2 Sam 11:1; Jer 22:25; 24:1; 29:1; Ezek 17:12
m Jer 37:1
n 2 Kin 24:18-20; Jer 27:1; 28:1; 52:1
o 2 Chr 33:23
p Jer 21:3-7
r Jer 52:3; Ezek 17:15
s 2 Chr 30:8
t Jer 7:13; 25:3
u 2 Chr 30:10; Jer 5:12, 13
v Prov 1:24-32
w Ezra 5:12
x 2 Kin 25:1-7; Jer 21:1-10
y 2 Chr 36:7, 10
z 1 Kin 9:8; 2 Kin 25:9; Jer 52:13
aa 2 Kin 25:11
ab Jer 27:7
ac Jer 29:10
ad Lev 26:34
ae Lev 25:4
ag Jer 25:11
ah Ezra 1:1-3
ai Jer 25:12; 29:10
aj Is 44:28

2 Chronicles 36

Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule

1 aThen the people of the land took ▼
▼ I.e. short form of Jehoahaz
 , cJoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem. 2Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold. 4The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But dNeco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.

5 eJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up fagainst him and gbound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon. 7 hNebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 iNow the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and ▼
▼ Lit his
the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

9 kJehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.

Captivity in Babylon Begun

10 lAt the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord, and he made his kinsman mZedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah Rules in Judah

11 nZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God; ohe did not humble himself pbefore Jeremiah the prophet ▼
▼ Lit from the mouth of the Lord
who spoke for the Lord. 13 rHe also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But she stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel. 14Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.

15The Lord, the God of their fathers, tsent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place; 16but they continually umocked the messengers of God, vdespised His words and scoffed at His prophets, wuntil the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, until there was no remedy. 17 xTherefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or infirm; He gave them all into his hand. 18 yAll the articles of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his officers, he brought them all to Babylon. 19Then zthey burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. 20Those who had escaped from the sword he aacarried away to Babylon; and abthey were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 acto fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until adthe land had enjoyed its sabbaths. aeAll the days of its desolation it kept sabbath ▼
▼ Lit to fulfill seventy years
 , aguntil seventy years were complete.

Cyrus Permits Return

22 ahNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia— in order to fulfill the word of the Lord aiby the mouth of Jeremiah— the Lord ajstirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23“Thus says Cyrus king of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!’”
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