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And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. SCode 2Ki 23:30~34 2Chr 36:1~4
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Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
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The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. SCode Deu 22:19
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The king of Egypt made Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.
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Jehoiakim 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. SCode 2Ki 23:36~37
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Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. SCode 2Ki 24:1 2Ki 24:6 2Chr 33:11 Jer 22:18~19 Jer 36:30
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Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the LORD and put them in his temple there. SCode 2Ki 24:13 2Chr 36:10 2Chr 36:18 Ezr 1:7 Dan 1:1~2 Dan 5:2
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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. SCode 2Ki 24:5~6
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Jehoiachin was eighteen 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. SCode 2Ki 24:8~17 2Chr 36:9~10
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In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the LORD, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem. SCode 2Sam 11:1 2Ki 24:17~20 2Chr 36:7 2Chr 36:18 Jer 37:1
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Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. SCode 2Chr 36:11~13 Jer 52:1~2
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He did evil in the eyes of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the LORD. SCode Jer 32:1~5 Jer 21:3~7 Jer 37:6~10 Jer 27:12~22 Jer 38:17~26
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He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath in God’s name. He became stiff-necked and hardened his heart and would not turn to the LORD, the God of Israel. SCode 2Chr 30:8 Jer 52:3 Ezk 17:15 Ezk 17:18
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Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful, following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the LORD, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
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The LORD, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. SCode Jer 25:3~4 Jer 44:4 Jer 26:5 Jer 11:7 Jer 7:13 Jer 35:15 Jer 29:19 Jer 7:25 Jer 32:33
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But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed at his prophets until the wrath of the LORD was aroused against his people and there was no remedy. SCode Ezr 5:12 Pro 1:25 Pro 1:30 Jer 5:12~13
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He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians, who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men or young women, the elderly or the infirm. God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar. SCode Deu 28:49 2Ki 25:1~7 2Chr 36:17~20 Ezr 9:7
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He carried to Babylon all the articles 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. SCode 2Ki 25:13~15 2Chr 36:7 2Chr 36:10
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They set fire to God’s temple and broke down the wall of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed everything of value there. SCode 2Ki 25:9
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He carried into exile to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. SCode 2Ki 25:11 Jer 27:7
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The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the LORD spoken by Jeremiah. SCode Lev 25:4~5 Lev 26:34~35 Lev 26:43 Dan 9:2
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In the first year of Cyrus 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: SCode 2Chr 36:22~23 Ezr 1:1~3 Isa 44:28 Jer 29:10 Jer 33:10~11 Jer 25:12~13 Jer 33:14
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"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 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.’"
NIV Footnotes
  1. 36:2 Hebrew Joahaz, a variant of Jehoahaz; also in verse 4
  2. 36:3 That is, about 3 3/4 tons or about 3.4 metric tons
  3. 36:3 That is, about 75 pounds or about 34 kilograms
  4. 36:7 Or palace
  5. 36:9 One Hebrew manuscript, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight
  6. 36:10 Hebrew brother, that is, relative (see 2 Kings 24:17)
  7. 36:17 Or Chaldeans
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