(KJV) 2 Chronicles 36¹

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⥃Jehoahaz Succeeds Josiah ^{[ 2 Kings 23:31–35 ]}

[1] Then the people² of the land took Jehoahaz³ the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem. [2] Jehoahaz [was] twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. [3] And the king of Egypt put him down⁴ at Jerusalem, and condemned⁵ the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. [4] And the king of Egypt made Eliakim⁶ his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho⁷ took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

⥃Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah ^{[ 2 Kings 23:36–37 ]}

[5] [¶]Jehoiakim⁸ [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the Lord his God. [6] Against him came up⁹ Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters¹⁰, to carry him to Babylon.¹¹ [7] Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels¹² of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.¹³ [8] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they [are] written¹⁴ in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin¹⁵ his son reigned in his stead.¹⁶

⥃Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah ^{[ 2 Kings 24:6–9 ]}

[9] [¶]Jehoiachin [was] eight years old¹⁷ when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the Lord.¹⁸ [10] And when the year was expired¹⁹, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels²⁰ of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah²¹ his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

⥃Zedekiah Reigns in Judah ^{[ 2 Kings 24:18–20 † Jeremiah 52:1–3 ]}

[11] Zedekiah [was] one and twenty²² years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.²³ [12] And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the Lord his God, [and] humbled²⁴ not himself before Jeremiah²⁵ the prophet [speaking] from the mouth²⁶ of the Lord. [13] And he also rebelled²⁷ against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had²⁸ made him swear by God: but he stiffened²⁹ his neck, and hardened³⁰ his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

[14] [¶]Moreover all the chief³¹ of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much³² after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted³³ the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

⥃The Fall of Jerusalem ^{[ 2 Kings 25:1–7 ]}

[15] And the Lord³⁴ God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers³⁵, rising up betimes³⁶, and sending; because³⁷ he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: [16] But they mocked³⁸ the messengers of God, and despised³⁹ his words, and misused⁴⁰ his prophets, until the wrath⁴¹ of the Lord arose against his people, till⁴² [there was] no remedy⁴³. [17] Therefore he brought⁴⁴ upon them the king⁴⁵ of the Chaldees, who slew⁴⁶ their young men with the sword in the house⁴⁷ of their sanctuary, and had no compassion⁴⁸ upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave [them] all into his hand. [18] And all the vessels⁴⁹ of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures⁵⁰ of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all [these] he brought to Babylon.⁵¹ [19] And they burnt⁵² the house of God, and brake down⁵³ the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof. [20] And them that had escaped from⁵⁴ the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants⁵⁵ to him and his sons until the reign⁵⁶ of the kingdom of Persia:⁵⁷ [21] To fulfil⁵⁸ the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land⁵⁹ had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

⥃The Proclamation of Cyrus ^{[ Ezra 1:1–4 † Isaiah 45:1–25 ]}

[22] Now in the first⁶⁰ year of Cyrus⁶¹ king of Persia, that the word⁶² of the Lord [spoken] by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred⁶³ up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation⁶⁴ throughout all his kingdom, and [put it] also in writing, saying,⁶⁵ [23] Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms⁶⁶ of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged⁶⁷ me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which [is] in Judah. Who [is there⁶⁸] among you of all his people? The Lord his God [be] with him, and let him go up.