1 For ver. 1-4, see 2 Kgs. 23:30-34The people of the land took Jehoahazthe son of Josiahand made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. 2 Jehoahazwas twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 Then the king of Egyptdeposed him in Jerusalemand Deut. 22:19laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talentsof silver and a talent36:3 A talent was about 75 pounds or 34 kilogramsof gold. 4 And the king of Egyptmade Eliakimhis brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahazhis brother and carried him to Egypt.
5 2 Kgs. 23:36,37Jehoiakimwas twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lordhis God. 6 2 Kgs. 24:1Against him came up Nebuchadnezzarking of Babylon[ch. 33:11] and bound him in chains [2 Kgs. 24:6;Jer. 22:18,19;36:30]to take him to Babylon. 7 2 Kgs. 24:13;Ezra 1:7;Dan. 1:1,2;5:2;[ver. 10, 18]Nebuchadnezzaralso carried part of the vessels of the house of the Lordto Babylonand put them in his palace in Babylon. 8 2 Kgs. 24:5,6Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and the abominations that he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachinhis son reigned in his place.
9 For ver. 9, 10, see 2 Kgs. 24:8-17Jehoiachinwas eighteen36:9 Septuagint (compare 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eightyears old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 In 2 Sam. 11:1the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzarsent and brought him to Babylon, [ver. 7, 18] with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother Jer. 37:1;[2 Kgs. 24:17]Zedekiahking over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 For ver. 11-13, see 2 Kgs. 24:18-20;Jer. 52:1,2Zedekiahwas twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lordhis God. He did not humble himself before See Jer. 21:3-7;27:12-22;32:1-5;37:6-10;38:17-26Jeremiahthe prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. 13 Jer. 52:3;Ezek. 17:15,18He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. See ch. 30:8He stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel. 14 All the officers of the priests and the people likewise were exceedingly unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations. And they polluted the house of the Lordthat he had made holy in Jerusalem.
15 The Lord, the God of their fathers, Jer. 7:13,25;25:3,4;26:5;29:19;35:15;44:4;[Jer. 11:7;32:33]sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 [Jer. 5:12,13] But they kept mocking the messengers of God, [Prov. 1:25,30] despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, [Ezra 5:12]until the wrath of the Lordrose against his people, until there was no remedy.
Jerusalem Captured and Burned
17 For ver. 17-20, see 2 Kgs. 25:1-7;[Deut. 28:49;Ezra 9:7]Therefore he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, who killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary and had no compassion on young man or virgin, old man or aged. He gave them all into his hand. 18 2 Kgs. 25:13-15;[ver. 7, 10]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 princes, all these he brought to Babylon. 19 2 Kgs. 25:9And they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalemand burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels. 20 He 2 Kgs. 25:11took into exile in Babylonthose who had escaped from the sword, Jer. 27:7and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the Lordby the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had Lev. 26:34,35,43;[Dan. 9:2] enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate [Lev. 25:4,5]it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
The Proclamation of Cyrus
22 For ver. 22, 23, see Ezra 1:1-3Now in the first year of Cyrusking of Persia, Jer. 25:12,13;29:10;33:10,11,14that the word of the Lordby the mouth of Jeremiahmight be fulfilled, Isa. 44:28the Lordstirred up the spirit of Cyrusking of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: 23 "Thus says Cyrusking of Persia, ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the Lordhis God be with him. Let him go up.’"
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Jehoahaz
יְהוֹאָחָזyəhoachaz
Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, reigned three months over Judah until he was imprisoned by Pharaoh Neco and taken to Egypt, where he died (2 Kings 23:31).
Josiah became king of Judah at eight years old; when the book of the law was found in the temple, he renewed the covenant, destroyed the altars of the idols, and kept the Passover (2 Kings 22:1).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, reigned three months over Judah until he was imprisoned by Pharaoh Neco and taken to Egypt, where he died (2 Kings 23:31).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was put on the throne of Judah by Pharaoh Neco, who renamed him. Jehoiakim burned the scroll of Jeremiah’s prophecies and served the king of Babylon (2 Kings 23:34).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was put on the throne of Judah by Pharaoh Neco, who renamed him. Jehoiakim burned the scroll of Jeremiah’s prophecies and served the king of Babylon (2 Kings 23:34).
Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, reigned three months over Judah until he was imprisoned by Pharaoh Neco and taken to Egypt, where he died (2 Kings 23:31).
Egypt is the land where Abram went down because of famine and where Jacob and his sons went. Because Pharaoh refused to let Israel go, the Lord killed all the firstborn there (Exodus 13:15).
Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was put on the throne of Judah by Pharaoh Neco, who renamed him. Jehoiakim burned the scroll of Jeremiah’s prophecies and served the king of Babylon (2 Kings 23:34).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was put on the throne of Judah by Pharaoh Neco, who renamed him. Jehoiakim burned the scroll of Jeremiah’s prophecies and served the king of Babylon (2 Kings 23:34).
Jehoiachin was king of Judah, son and successor of Jehoiakim; he reigned three months in Jerusalem and was taken prisoner to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Years later, Evil-merodach king of Babylon freed Jehoiachin from prison (2 Kings 25:27).
Jehoiachin was king of Judah, son and successor of Jehoiakim; he reigned three months in Jerusalem and was taken prisoner to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. Years later, Evil-merodach king of Babylon freed Jehoiachin from prison (2 Kings 25:27).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Zedekiah, son of Josiah, was the last king of Judah; he rebelled against Babylon, saw his sons killed, had his eyes put out, and was taken captive (2 Kings 25:7).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Zedekiah, son of Josiah, was the last king of Judah; he rebelled against Babylon, saw his sons killed, had his eyes put out, and was taken captive (2 Kings 25:7).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jeremiah, a priest from Anathoth, prophesied to Judah in the final days of the kingdom, announced the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon, and was persecuted and imprisoned for this (Jeremiah 1:1).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).
Persia is the kingdom of Cyrus, the king who said that the Lord, the God of heaven, had given him all the kingdoms of the earth and the task of building a temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:2).
Jeremiah, a priest from Anathoth, prophesied to Judah in the final days of the kingdom, announced the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon, and was persecuted and imprisoned for this (Jeremiah 1:1).
Cyrus, king of Persia, decreed the return of the exiled Jews and the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, and returned the vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar (Ezra 1:2).
Persia is the kingdom of Cyrus, the king who said that the Lord, the God of heaven, had given him all the kingdoms of the earth and the task of building a temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:2).
Jeremiah, a priest from Anathoth, prophesied to Judah in the final days of the kingdom, announced the destruction of Jerusalem by Babylon, and was persecuted and imprisoned for this (Jeremiah 1:1).
Cyrus, king of Persia, decreed the return of the exiled Jews and the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, and returned the vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar (Ezra 1:2).
Persia is the kingdom of Cyrus, the king who said that the Lord, the God of heaven, had given him all the kingdoms of the earth and the task of building a temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:2).
Cyrus, king of Persia, decreed the return of the exiled Jews and the rebuilding of the temple in Jerusalem, and returned the vessels taken by Nebuchadnezzar (Ezra 1:2).
Persia is the kingdom of Cyrus, the king who said that the Lord, the God of heaven, had given him all the kingdoms of the earth and the task of building a temple in Jerusalem (Ezra 1:2).
Jerusalem is the city of the house of God, where children of Judah and Benjamin lived; the Babylonian army broke down the walls of the city (2 Kings 25:10).