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2 Chronicles 36 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule

(2Ki 23:31–33 )

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Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:2 - Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:3 - Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:4 - The king of Egypt made Eliakim, the brother of Joahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother, and brought him to Egypt.
(2Ki 23:34—24:7 )

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Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:6 - Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze [chains] to take him to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:7 - Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house (temple) of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:8 - Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the repulsive acts which he committed, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
(2Ki 24:8–17 )

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Jehoiachin was eight[teen] years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.

Captivity in Babylon Begun

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:10 - Now at the turn of the year [in the spring], King Nebuchadnezzar sent word and had him brought to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the LORD, and made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah Rules in Judah

(2Ki 24:18–20; Jer 52:1–3 )

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Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:12 - He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:14 - Also, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful, following all the repulsive acts of the [pagan] nations; and they defiled the house of the LORD which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
(2Ki 25:1–21; Jer 52:4–30 )

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The LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:16 - But they kept mocking the messengers of God and despising His words and scoffing at His prophets until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people, until there was no remedy or healing.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:17 - Therefore He brought the king of the Chaldeans against them, who killed 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.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:18 - And as for all 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 officials, he brought them all to Babylon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:19 - Then they burned the house of God and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:20 - He deported to Babylon those who had escaped from the sword; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the kingdom of Persia was established there,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:21 - to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had restored its Sabbaths; for as long as the land lay desolate it kept Sabbath until seventy years were complete.

Cyrus Permits Return

(Ezr 1:1–4 )

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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah—the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:23 - “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 [to Jerusalem]!’”
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