2Chronicles:36

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* And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah , and made him king in his father 's place in Jerusalem . * Jehoahaz [was ] twenty-three years old when he began to reign , and he reigned three months in Jerusalem . * And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem , and laid a fine of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold on the land . * And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem , and changed his name to Jehoiakim . And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt . * Jehoiakim [was ] twenty-five years old when he began to reign , and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem . And he did the evil in the sight of the LORD his God . * Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him in chains to carry him to Babylon . * And Nebuchadnezzar carried away [some ] of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon , and put them in his temple at Babylon . * And 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 . * Jehoiachin [was ] eight years old when he began to reign , and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem . And he did the evil in the sight of the LORD . * And when the year had ended , king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon , with the valuable vessels of the house of the LORD . And he made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem . * Zedekiah [was ] twenty-one years old when he began to reign , and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem . * And he did the evil in the sight of the LORD his God . He was not humbled before Jeremiah the prophet , from the mouth of the LORD . * And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar , who had made him swear by God . But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning to the LORD God of Israel . * Also all the chief of the priests , and the people , transgressed very much after all the abominations of the nations . And they polluted the house of the LORD which He had made holy in Jerusalem . * And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by His messengers , rising up early and sending , for He had pity on His people and on His dwelling-place . * But they mocked the messengers of God and despised His words , and ill-treated His prophets until the wrath of the LORD arose against His people , until [there was ] no healing . * And He caused the king of the Chaldeans to go up against them . And he killed their choice ones by the sword in the house of their holy place , and had no pity on the young man and the virgin , the old man and the very aged ; He gave all into his hand . * And all the vessels of the house of God , great and small , and the treasures of the house of the LORD , and the treasures of the king , and of his rulers , he brought all [these ] to Babylon . * And they burned the house of God , and broke down the wall of Jerusalem , and burned all the palaces of it with fire , and destroyed all its beautiful vessels . * And the ones who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon , where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia , * to fulfill the word of the LORD in the mouth of Jeremiah , until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths . All the days of the desolation it kept the sabbath , to the full measure of seventy years . * And in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia , so that the word of the LORD in the mouth of Jeremiah might be done , the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia , so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom , and also in writing , saying , * So says Cyrus king of Persia , All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the LORD God . And He has commanded me to build Him a house in 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 .

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