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2 Chronicles 36
New International Version

36 1 And the people(A) of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

### Jehoahaz King of Judah(B)

2 Jehoahaz[a] was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. 3 The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents[b] of silver and a talent[c] of gold. 4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho(C) took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.(D)

### Jehoiakim King of Judah(E)

5 Jehoiakim(F) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. 6 Nebuchadnezzar(G) king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.(H) 7 Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the Lord and put them in his temple[d] there.(I)

8 The other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

### Jehoiachin King of Judah(J)

9 Jehoiachin(K) was eighteen[e] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. 10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon,(L) together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,[f] Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

### Zedekiah King of Judah(M)

11 Zedekiah(N) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. 12 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord(O) his God and did not humble(P) himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord. 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath(Q) in God’s name. He became stiff-necked(R) and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel. 14 Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful,(S) following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

### The Fall of Jerusalem(T)(U)

15 The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers(V) again and again,(W) because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed(X) at his prophets until the wrath(Y) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.(Z) 17 He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,[g](AA) who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men(AB) or young women, the elderly or the infirm.(AC) God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.(AD) 18 He carried to Babylon all the articles(AE) from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials. 19 They set fire(AF) to God’s temple(AG) and broke down the wall(AH) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed(AI) everything of value there.(AJ)

20 He carried into exile(AK) to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants(AL) to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;(AM) all the time of its desolation it rested,(AN) until the seventy years(AO) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

22 In the first year of Cyrus(AP) king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed(AQ) me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.’”

#### Footnotes

1. 2 Chronicles 36:2 Hebrew Joahaz, a variant of Jehoahaz; also in verse 4
2. 2 Chronicles 36:3 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
3. 2 Chronicles 36:3 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
4. 2 Chronicles 36:7 Or palace
5. 2 Chronicles 36:9 One Hebrew manuscript, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight
6. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Hebrew brother, that is, relative (see 2 Kings 24:17)
7. 2 Chronicles 36:17 Or Chaldeans

#### Cross references

1. 2 Chronicles 36:1 : S 2Ch 22:1
2. 2 Chronicles 36:2 : 36:2-4pp — 2Ki 23:31-34
3. 2 Chronicles 36:4 : Jer 22:10-12
4. 2 Chronicles 36:4 : Eze 19:4
5. 2 Chronicles 36:5 : 36:5-8pp — 2Ki 23:36–24:6
6. 2 Chronicles 36:5 : Jer 22:18; 25:1; 26:1; 35:1; 36:1; 45:1; 46:2
7. 2 Chronicles 36:6 : Jer 25:9; 27:6; Eze 29:18
8. 2 Chronicles 36:6 : Eze 19:9; Da 1:1
9. 2 Chronicles 36:7 : ver 18; Ezr 1:7; Jer 27:16; Da 1:2
10. 2 Chronicles 36:9 : 36:9-10pp — 2Ki 24:8-17
11. 2 Chronicles 36:9 : Jer 22:24-28; 24:1; 27:20; 29:21; 52:31
12. 2 Chronicles 36:10 : ver 18; S 2Ki 20:17; Ezr 1:7; Isa 52:11; Jer 14:18; 21:7; 22:25; 24:1; 27:16, 20, 22; 29:1; 34:21; 40:1; Eze 17:12; Da 5:2
13. 2 Chronicles 36:11 : 36:11-16pp — 2Ki 24:18-20; Jer 52:1-3
14. 2 Chronicles 36:11 : S 2Ki 24:17; Jer 27:1; 28:1; 34:2; 37:1; 39:1
15. 2 Chronicles 36:12 : Jer 37:1-39:18
16. 2 Chronicles 36:12 : S Dt 8:3; 2Ch 7:14; Jer 44:10
17. 2 Chronicles 36:13 : Eze 17:13
18. 2 Chronicles 36:13 : S Ex 32:9; S Dt 9:27
19. 2 Chronicles 36:14 : S 1Ch 5:25
20. 2 Chronicles 36:15 : 36:17-20pp — 2Ki 25:1-21; Jer 52:4-27
21. 2 Chronicles 36:15 : 36:22-23pp — Ezr 1:1-3
22. 2 Chronicles 36:15 : Isa 5:4; 44:26; Jer 7:25; Hag 1:13; Zec 1:4; Mal 2:7; 3:1; S Mt 5:12
23. 2 Chronicles 36:15 : Jer 7:13, 25; 11:7; 25:3-4; 35:14, 15; 44:4-6
24. 2 Chronicles 36:16 : S 2Ki 2:23; Job 8:2; Isa 28:14, 22; 29:20; 57:4; Jer 5:13; 43:2; Mic 2:11
25. 2 Chronicles 36:16 : Ezr 5:12; Pr 1:30-31; Jer 44:3
26. 2 Chronicles 36:16 : Ne 9:30; Pr 29:1; Jer 7:26; 20:8; 25:4; 30:12; Da 9:6; Zec 1:2
27. 2 Chronicles 36:17 : S Ge 10:10
28. 2 Chronicles 36:17 : Jer 6:11; 9:21; 18:21; 44:7
29. 2 Chronicles 36:17 : S Dt 32:25; Jer 51:22
30. 2 Chronicles 36:17 : Ezr 5:12; Jer 32:28; La 2:21; Eze 9:6; 23:47
31. 2 Chronicles 36:18 : S ver 7; S ver 10; Jer 27:20
32. 2 Chronicles 36:19 : Jer 11:16; 17:27; 21:10, 14; 22:7; 32:29; 39:8; La 4:11; Eze 20:47; Am 2:5; Zec 11:1
33. 2 Chronicles 36:19 : 1Ki 9:8-9
34. 2 Chronicles 36:19 : S 2Ki 14:13
35. 2 Chronicles 36:19 : La 2:6
36. 2 Chronicles 36:19 : Ps 79:1-3
37. 2 Chronicles 36:20 : S Lev 26:44; S 2Ki 24:14; Ezr 2:1; Ne 7:6
38. 2 Chronicles 36:20 : Jer 27:7
39. 2 Chronicles 36:21 : S Lev 25:4
40. 2 Chronicles 36:21 : S 1Ch 22:9
41. 2 Chronicles 36:21 : Jer 1:1; 25:11; 27:22; 29:10; 40:1; Da 9:2; Zec 1:12; 7:5
42. 2 Chronicles 36:22 : Isa 44:28; 45:1, 13; Da 1:21; 6:28; 10:1
43. 2 Chronicles 36:23 : S Jdg 4:10

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