2 Chronicles 36 :: Darby Translation (DBY)

Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule

(2Ki 23:31–33 )

2Ch 36:1And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead, in Jerusalem.

2Ch 36:2

2Ch 36:2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

2Ch 36:3

2Ch 36:3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and imposed a fine upon the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

2Ch 36:4

2Ch 36:4And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

(2Ki 23:34—24:7 )

2Ch 36:5

2Ch 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.

2Ch 36:6

2Ch 36:6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him with chains of brass to carry him to Babylon.

2Ch 36:7

2Ch 36:7And Nebuchadnezzar carried part of the vessels of the house of Jehovah to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

2Ch 36:8

2Ch 36:8And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

(2Ki 24:8–17 )

2Ch 36:9

2Ch 36:9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of Jehovah.

Captivity in Babylon Begun

2Ch 36:10

2Ch 36:10And at the turn of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and had him brought to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of Jehovah; and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah Rules in Judah

(2Ki 24:18–20; Jer 52:1–3 )

2Ch 36:11

2Ch 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

2Ch 36:12

2Ch 36:12And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah his God; he humbled not himself before the prophet Jeremiah speaking from the mouth of Jehovah.

2Ch 36:13

2Ch 36:13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take oath by God; and he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from returning to Jehovah the God of Israel.

2Ch 36:14

2Ch 36:14All the chiefs of the priests also, and the people, increased their transgressions, according to all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of Jehovah which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

(2Ki 25:1–21; Jer 52:4–30 )

2Ch 36:15

2Ch 36:15And Jehovah the God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending; because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling-place.

2Ch 36:16

2Ch 36:16But they mocked at the messengers of God, and despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until the fury of Jehovah rose against his people, and there was no remedy.

2Ch 36:17

2Ch 36:17And he brought up against them the king of the Chaldees, and slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and spared not young man nor maiden, old man nor him of hoary head: he gave them all into his hand.

2Ch 36:18

2Ch 36:18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, he brought all to Babylon.

2Ch 36:19

2Ch 36:19And they burned the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all the palaces thereof with fire, and all the precious vessels thereof were given up to destruction.

2Ch 36:20

2Ch 36:20And them that had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon; and they became servants to him and his sons, until the reign of the kingdom of Persia;

2Ch 36:21

2Ch 36:21to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.

Cyrus Permits Return

(Ezr 1:1–4 )

2Ch 36:22

2Ch 36:22And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, and he made a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also in writing, saying,

2Ch 36:23

2Ch 36:23Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth has Jehovah the God of the heavens given to me, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all his people, Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up.

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