2 Chronicles 36

1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:30 · 1Chr 3:15 · 2Chr 26:1 · 2Chr 33:25 · Jer 22:11

2Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

3The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:33

4The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:34 · 1Chr 3:15 · Jer 22:10 · Ezek 19:3

5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:36 · Jer 22:13 · Jer 26:1 · Jer 26:21 · Jer 35:1 · Jer 36:1 · +1 more

6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:1 · 2Ki 24:5 · 2Ki 24:13 · 2Chr 33:11 · Jer 25:9 · Ezek 19:5 · +2 more

7Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of Yahweh’s house to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:13 · Ezra 1:7 · Jer 27:16 · Jer 28:3 · Dan 1:2 · Dan 5:2

8Now 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 place.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:5 · 1Chr 3:16 · Jer 22:24 · Jer 22:28 · Matt 1:11

9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:8

10At the return of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of Yahweh’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.Cross-references: 2Sam 11:1 · 2Ki 24:10 · 2Ki 25:27 · 1Chr 3:15 · 2Chr 36:7 · 2Chr 36:18 · +10 more

11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:18 · Jer 27:1 · Jer 28:1 · Jer 52:1

12He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight. He didn’t humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from Yahweh’s mouth.Cross-references: Ex 10:3 · 2Chr 32:26 · 2Chr 33:12 · 2Chr 33:19 · 2Chr 33:23 · 2Chr 35:22 · +8 more

13He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.Cross-references: Ex 8:15 · Ex 8:32 · Ex 9:17 · Josh 9:15 · Josh 9:19 · 2Sam 21:2 · +11 more

14Moreover all the chiefs of the priests and the people trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted Yahweh’s house which he had made holy in Jerusalem.Cross-references: 2Ki 16:10 · 2Chr 28:3 · 2Chr 33:4 · 2Chr 33:9 · Ezra 9:7 · Jer 5:5 · +11 more

15Yahweh, 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;Cross-references: Judg 10:16 · 2Ki 13:23 · 2Ki 17:13 · 2Chr 24:18 · 2Chr 33:10 · Jer 7:13 · +7 more

16but they mocked the messengers of God, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.Cross-references: 2Chr 30:10 · Ezra 5:12 · Ps 35:16 · Ps 74:1 · Ps 79:1 · Prov 1:24 · +20 more

17Therefore he brought on them the king of the Chaldeans, 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.Cross-references: Lev 26:14 · Deut 28:15 · Deut 29:18 · Deut 30:18 · Deut 31:16 · Deut 32:15 · +17 more

18All the vessels of God’s house, great and small, and the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon.Cross-references: 2Ki 20:13 · 2Ki 25:13 · 2Chr 36:7 · 2Chr 36:10 · Isa 39:6 · Jer 27:18 · +3 more

19They burned God’s house, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels.Cross-references: 1Ki 9:8 · 2Ki 25:9 · Ps 74:4 · Ps 79:1 · Ps 79:7 · Isa 64:10 · +6 more

20He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,Cross-references: Deut 28:47 · 2Ki 25:11 · 2Chr 36:22 · Ezra 1:1 · Jer 27:7

21to fulfill Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate, it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.Cross-references: Lev 25:4 · Lev 26:34 · Lev 26:43 · Jer 25:9 · Jer 25:11 · Jer 26:6 · +5 more

22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,Cross-references: 1Sam 26:19 · 1Ki 11:14 · 1Ki 11:23 · 1Chr 5:26 · 2Chr 21:16 · 2Chr 24:9 · +15 more

23“Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.’”Cross-references: 1Chr 22:16 · 1Chr 29:5 · Ezra 7:13 · Ps 75:5 · Isa 44:26 · Dan 2:21 · +6 more