2Crônicas 36

Jeoacaz é levado cativo para o Egito

1 *2Rs 23.30-34Então, o povo da terra tomou a *Jr 22.11Jeoacaz, filho de Josias, e o constituíram rei de Jerusalém, em lugar de seu pai. 2 Tinha Jeoacaz vinte e três anos quando começou a reinar e reinou três meses em Jerusalém. 3 O rei do Egito o depôs em Jerusalém e condenou a terra a pagar cem talentos de prata e um talento de ouro. 4 O rei do Egito constituiu a Eliaquim, irmão de Jeoacaz, rei sobre Judá e sobre Jerusalém e mudou-lhe o nome em Jeoaquim. *Jr 22.10-12Neco temeu a Jeoacaz, irmão dele, e levou-o para o Egito.

Jeoaquim reina

5 *2Rs 23.36-37;Jr 22.13-19Jeoaquim tinha vinte e cinco anos quando começou a reinar e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém. Fez o mal à vista de Jeová, seu Deus. 6 *2Rs 24.1Contra ele subiu Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, e *2Cr 33.11o amarrou com cadeias, *Jr 22.18-19a fim de o levar para Babilônia. 7 *2Rs 24.13Nabucodonosor também levou vasos da Casa de Jeová para Babilônia e pô-los no seu templo, em Babilônia. 8 *2Rs 24.5Ora, o resto dos atos de Jeoaquim, e as abominações que ele cometeu, e o que se achou nele estão escritos no Livro dos Reis de Israel e de Judá. Em lugar dele, reinou seu filho Joaquim.

9 Tinha *2Rs 24.8-17Joaquim oito anos quando começou a reinar, e reinou três meses e dez dias em Jerusalém. Fez o mal à vista de Jeová. 10 *2Sm 11.1Decorrido o ano, enviou o rei Nabucodonosor e mandou trazê-lo a Babilônia, juntamente com os vasos da Casa de Jeová, e constituiu a *Jr 37.1Zedequias, irmão de Joaquim, rei sobre Judá e sobre Jerusalém.

Zedequias reina

11 *2Rs 24.18-20;Jr 52.1Zedequias tinha vinte e um anos quando começou a reinar e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém. 12 Fez o mal à vista de Jeová, seu Deus; *2Cr 33.23não se humilhou *Jr 21.3-7diante do profeta Jeremias, que lhe falava da parte de Jeová. 13 *Jr 52.3;Ez 17.15Rebelou-se também contra o rei Nabucodonosor, que o tinha ajuramentado por Deus. *2Cr 30.8Fez rija a sua cerviz e endureceu o seu coração, para não voltar para Jeová, seu Deus. 14 Além disso, todos os principais dos sacerdotes e o povo transgrediram muitíssimo, segundo todas as abominações das nações; e profanaram a casa que Jeová tinha santificado em Jerusalém. 15 Jeová, Deus de seus pais, *Jr 7.13;25.3falou-lhes por meio dos seus mensageiros, levantando-se cedo para lhes falar; porque teve compaixão do seu povo e da sua morada. 16 Eles, porém, *2Cr 30.10;Jr 5.12-13zombavam dos mensageiros de Deus, e *Pv 1.24-32desprezavam as suas palavras, e mofavam dos seus profetas, *Ed 5.12até que o furor de Jeová se levantou contra o seu povo, e não houve remédio algum.

Jerusalém devastada

17 *2Rs 25.1-7Por isso, fez vir sobre eles o rei dos caldeus, que matou os seus mancebos à espada, na casa do seu santuário, e não teve compaixão nem do moço nem da donzela, nem do velho nem do decrépito; entregou-lhos todos nas mãos. 18 *2Cr 36.7,10Todos os vasos da Casa de Deus, assim grandes como pequenos, e os tesouros da Casa de Jeová, e os tesouros do rei e dos seus príncipes, tudo ele levou para Babilônia. 19 *2Rs 25.9;Jr 52.13Queimaram a Casa de Deus, derribaram o muro de Jerusalém, puseram fogo a todos os seus palácios e destruíram todos os seus vasos custosos. 20 Os que escaparam da espada, a esses *2Rs 25.11levou ele para Babilônia; e *Jr 27.7tornaram-se seus servos e de seus filhos até o império do reino da Pérsia, 21 *Jr 29.10para se cumprir a palavra de Jeová por boca de Jeremias, até ter *Lv 26.33a terra gozado dos seus sábados. Pois *Lv 25.4enquanto ela jazia desolada, guardava os sábados para se completarem setenta anos.

Ciro decreta a reconstrução do templo

22 *Ed 1.1-3Ora, no primeiro ano de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, para que se cumprisse a palavra de Jeová *Jr 25.12;29.10por boca de Jeremias, *Is 44.28moveu Jeová o espírito de Ciro, rei da Pérsia, para fazer por todo o reino de viva voz e por escrito este pregão: 23 Assim diz Ciro, rei da Pérsia: Jeová, Deus do céu, deu-me todos os reinos da terra e encarregou-me de lhe edificar uma casa em Jerusalém de Judá. Quem entre vós é do seu povo, seja com ele Jeová, seu Deus, e suba.

1 Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. 2 Joahaz*36:2 Joahaz is a variant of Jehoahaz. was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 The king of Egypt removed him from office at Jerusalem, and fined the land one hundred talents of silver and a talent*36:3 A talent is about 30 kilograms or 66 pounds or 965 Troy ounces of gold. 4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took Joahaz*36:4 Joahaz is a variant of Jehoahaz. his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight. 6 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of Yahweh’s house to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. 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 written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight. 10 At the return of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of Yahweh’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did that which was evil in Yahweh his God’s sight. He didn’t humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from Yahweh’s mouth. 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the chiefs of the priests and the people trespassed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they polluted Yahweh’s house which he had made holy in Jerusalem.

15 Yahweh, the God of their fathers, sent to them by his messengers, rising up early and sending, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place; 16 but they mocked the messengers of God, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until Yahweh’s wrath arose against his people, until there was no remedy.

17 Therefore he brought on 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 infirm. He gave them all into his hand. 18 All the vessels of God’s house, great and small, and the treasures of Yahweh’s house, and the treasures of the king and of his princes, all these he brought to Babylon. 19 They burned God’s house, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all of its valuable vessels. 20 He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill Yahweh’s word by Jeremiah’s mouth, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. As long as it lay desolate, it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that Yahweh’s word by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, 23 "Cyrus king of Persia says, ‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given all the kingdoms of the earth to me; and he has commanded me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up.’"