2 Chronicles 36

Judah's Decline

1 Then a the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's place in Jerusalem. 2 1 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. 4 Then the king of Egypt made 2 Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took 3 Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.

5 b Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did c evil in the sight of the LORD his God. 6 d Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in 4 bronze fetters to e carry him off to Babylon. 7 f Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then 5 Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

9 g Jehoiachin was 6 eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 10 At the turn of the year h King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, i with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made j Zedekiah, 7 8 Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 k Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and l did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD. 13 And he also m rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he n stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the LORD which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

15 o And the LORD God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But p they mocked the messengers of God, q despised His words, and r scoffed at His prophets, until the s wrath of the LORD arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

Jerusalem Captured and Burned

17 t Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who u killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. 18 v And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon. 19 w Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions. 20 And x those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, y where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the LORD by the mouth of z Jeremiah, until the land a had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate b she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

The Proclamation of Cyrus

22 c Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of d Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of e Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23 f Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a 9 house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the LORD his God be with him, and let him go up!

  1. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:30 - 34
    Then his servants moved his body in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, anointed him, and made him king in his father's place.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:36
    Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
    2 Kings 23:37
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
    1 Chronicles 3:15
    The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:13 - 19
    Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness And his chambers by injustice, Who uses his neighbor's service without wages And gives him nothing for his work.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:1
    In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
    Habakkuk 1:6
    For indeed I am raising up the Chaldeans, A bitter and hasty nation Which marches through the breadth of the earth, To possess dwelling places that are not theirs.
  5. Cross References
    Deuteronomy 29:22 - 29
    So that the coming generation of your children who rise up after you, and the foreigner who comes from a far land, would say, when they see the plagues of that land and the sicknesses which the LORD has laid on it:
    2 Chronicles 33:11
    Therefore the LORD brought upon them the captains of the army of the king of Assyria, who took Manasseh with hooks, bound him with bronze fetters, and carried him off to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 36:30
    Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: "He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:13
    And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and he cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
    Daniel 1:1
    In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
    Daniel 1:2
    And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.
  7. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:8 - 17
    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
  8. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:10 - 17
    At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
  9. Cross References
    Daniel 1:1
    In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
    Daniel 1:2
    And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the articles of the house of God, which he carried into the land of Shinar to the house of his god; and he brought the articles into the treasure house of his god.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:1
    Now King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
  11. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:18 - 20
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
    Jeremiah 52:1
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 21:3 - 7
    Then Jeremiah said to them, "Thus you shall say to Zedekiah.
    Jeremiah 44:10
    'They have not been humbled, to this day, nor have they feared; they have not walked in My law or in My statutes that I set before you and your fathers.'
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 52:3
    For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
    Ezekiel 17:15
    But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?
  14. Cross References
    2 Kings 17:14
    Nevertheless they would not hear, but stiffened their necks, like the necks of their fathers, who did not believe in the LORD their God.
    2 Chronicles 30:8
    Now do not be stiff-necked, as your fathers were, but yield yourselves to the LORD; and enter His sanctuary, which He has sanctified forever, and serve the LORD your God, that the fierceness of His wrath may turn away from you.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 7:13
    And now, because you have done all these works," says the LORD, "and I spoke to you, rising up early and speaking, but you did not hear, and I called you, but you did not answer.
    Jeremiah 25:3
    From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, this is the twenty-third year in which the word of the LORD has come to me; and I have spoken to you, rising early and speaking, but you have not listened.
    Jeremiah 25:4
    And the LORD has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending them, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear.
  16. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 30:10
    So the runners passed from city to city through the country of Ephraim and Manasseh, as far as Zebulun; but they laughed at them and mocked them.
    Jeremiah 5:12
    They have lied about the LORD, And said, " It is not He. Neither will evil come upon us, Nor shall we see sword or famine.
    Jeremiah 5:13
    And the prophets become wind, For the word is not in them. Thus shall it be done to them.
  17. Cross References
    Proverbs 1:24 - 32
    Because I have called and you refused, I have stretched out my hand and no one regarded.
  18. Cross References
    Jeremiah 38:6
    So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the king's son, which was in the court of the prison, and they let Jeremiah down with ropes. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire. So Jeremiah sank in the mire.
    Matthew 23:34
    Therefore, indeed, I send you prophets, wise men, and scribes: some of them you will kill and crucify, and some of them you will scourge in your synagogues and persecute from city to city.
  19. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 34:25
    'because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. Therefore My wrath will be poured out on this place, and not be quenched.' "'
    Psalms 79:5
    How long, LORD? Will You be angry forever? Will Your jealousy burn like fire?
  20. Cross References
    Numbers 33:56
    'Moreover it shall be that I will do to you as ...
    Deuteronomy 4:26
    I call heaven and earth to witness against you ...
    Deuteronomy 28:49
    The LORD will bring a nation against you from a...
    2 Kings 25:1
    Now it came to pass in the ninth year of his re...
    Ezra 9:7
    Since the days of our fathers to this day we ha...
    Isaiah 3:8
    For Jerusalem stumbled, And Judah is fallen, Be...
  21. Cross References
    Psalms 74:20
    Have respect to the covenant; For the dark places of the earth are full of the haunts of cruelty.
  22. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:13 - 15
    The bronze pillars that were in the house of the LORD, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the LORD, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried their bronze to Babylon.
    2 Chronicles 36:7
    Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
    2 Chronicles 36:10
    At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  23. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:9
    He burned the house of the LORD and the king's ...
    Psalms 79:1
    O GOD, the nations have come into Your inherita...
    Psalms 79:7
    For they have devoured Jacob, And laid waste hi...
    Isaiah 1:7
    Your country is desolate, Your cities are burne...
    Isaiah 1:8
    So the daughter of Zion is left as a booth in a...
    Jeremiah 52:13
    He burned the house of the LORD and the king's ...
  24. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:11
    Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who remained in the city and the defectors who had deserted to the king of Babylon, with the rest of the multitude.
    Jeremiah 5:19
    "And it will be when you say, 'Why does the LORD our God do all these things to us?' then you shall answer them, 'Just as you have forsaken Me and served foreign gods in your land, so you shall serve aliens in a land that is not yours.'
    Micah 4:10
    Be in pain, and labor to bring forth, O daughter of Zion, Like a woman in birth pangs. For now you shall go forth from the city, You shall dwell in the field, And to Babylon you shall go. There you shall be delivered; There the LORD will redeem you From the hand of your enemies.
  25. Cross References
    Jeremiah 17:4
    And you, even yourself, Shall let go of your heritage which I gave you; And I will cause you to serve your enemies In the land which you do not know; For you have kindled a fire in My anger which shall burn forever.
    Jeremiah 27:7
    So all nations shall serve him and his son and his son's son, until the time of his land comes; and then many nations and great kings shall make him serve them.
  26. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:9 - 12
    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' says the LORD, 'and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
    Jeremiah 27:6 - 8
    And now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and the beasts of the field I have also given him to serve him.
    Jeremiah 29:10
    For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place.
  27. Cross References
    Leviticus 26:34 - 43
    Then the land shall enjoy its sabbaths as long as it lies desolate and you are in your enemies' land; then the land shall rest and enjoy its sabbaths.
    Daniel 9:2
    In the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the LORD through Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
  28. Cross References
    Leviticus 25:4
    But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath of solemn rest for the land, a sabbath to the LORD. You shall neither sow your field nor prune your vineyard.
    Leviticus 25:5
    What grows of its own accord of your harvest you shall not reap, nor gather the grapes of your untended vine, for it is a year of rest for the land.
  29. Cross References
    Ezra 1:1 - 3
    Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying.
  30. Cross References
    Jeremiah 29:10
    For thus says the LORD: After seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to return to this place.
  31. Cross References
    Isaiah 44:28
    Who says of Cyrus, ' He is My shepherd, And he shall perform all My pleasure, Saying to Jerusalem, "You shall be built," And to the temple, "Your foundation shall be laid."
    Isaiah 45:1
    Thus says the LORD to His anointed, To Cyrus, whose right hand I have held - To subdue nations before him And loose the armor of kings, To open before him the double doors, So that the gates will not be shut:
  32. Cross References
    Ezra 1:2
    Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the earth the LORD God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a house at Jerusalem which is in Judah.
    Ezra 1:3
    Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the LORD God of Israel (He is God), which is in Jerusalem.
New King James Version (NKJV) Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson, Inc.
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