2 Chronicles 36 - Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

Judah’s King Jehoahaz

36 Then(A) the common people[a] took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

2 Jehoahaz[b] was 23 years old when he became king and reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3 The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land 7,500 pounds[c] of silver and 75 pounds[d] of gold.

Judah’s King Jehoiakim

4 Then Neco king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz[e] and brought him to Egypt.(B)

5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.(C) 6 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him(D) and bound him in bronze(E) shackles to take him to Babylon.(F) 7 Also Nebuchadnezzar took some of the utensils of the Lord’s temple to Babylon and put them in his temple in Babylon.(G)

8 The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim,(H) the detestable things he did, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

Judah’s King Jehoiachin

9 Jehoiachin was 18[f] years old(I) when he became king and reigned three months and 10 days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. 10 In the spring[g](J) Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable utensils of the Lord’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.(K)

Judah’s King Zedekiah

11 Zedekiah was 21 years old(L) when he became king and reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. 12 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself(M) before Jeremiah the prophet at the Lord’s command.(N) 13 He also rebelled against(O) King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate[h](P) and hardened his heart against returning to Yahweh, the God of Israel. 14 All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the Lord’s temple that He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

The Destruction of Jerusalem

15 But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again,(Q) for He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers,(R) despising His words,(S) and scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy.(T) 17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans,(U) who killed their choice young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; He handed them all over to him. 18 He took everything to Babylon—all the articles of God’s temple, large and small, the treasures of the Lord’s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials. 19 Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple.(V) They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned down all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

20 He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian[i] kingdom.(W) 21 This fulfilled the word of the Lord through Jeremiah(X) and the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation(Y) until 70 years were fulfilled.

The Decree of Cyrus

22 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia,(Z) the word of the Lord spoken through[j] Jeremiah(AA) was fulfilled. The Lord put it into the mind of King Cyrus(AB) of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing:

23 This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build Him a temple at Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever among you of His people may go up, and may the Lord his God be with him.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:1 Lit the people of the land
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:2 = Joahaz
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:3 Lit 100 talents
  4. 2 Chronicles 36:3 Lit one talent
  5. 2 Chronicles 36:4 = Joahaz
  6. 2 Chronicles 36:9 Some Hb mss, LXX; 2Kg 24:8; other Hb mss read eight
  7. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Lit At the return of the year
  8. 2 Chronicles 36:13 Lit He stiffened his neck
  9. 2 Chronicles 36:20 LXX reads Median
  10. 2 Chronicles 36:22 Lit Lord by the mouth of

Cross references

  1. 36:1-4 : 2Kg 23:30b-34
  2. 36:4 : Jr 22:10-12
  3. 36:5 : 2Kg 23:36-37; Jr 22:13-18
  4. 36:6 : 2Kg 24:1
  5. 36:6 : 2Ch 33:11
  6. 36:6 : Jr 22:18-19
  7. 36:7 : 2Kg 24:1-4; Jr 22:13-19; 25:1-9; Dn 1:1; Hab 1:6
  8. 36:8 : 2Kg 24:5-6
  9. 36:9-10 : 2Kg 24:8-17
  10. 36:10 : 2Sm 11:1
  11. 36:10 : Jr 37:1
  12. 36:11-13 : 2Kg 24:18-20; Jr 52:1-3
  13. 36:12 : 2Ch 33:23
  14. 36:12 : Jr 21:3-7
  15. 36:13 : Ezk 17:15
  16. 36:13 : 2Ch 30:8
  17. 36:15 : Jr 7:13; 25:3, 11-12
  18. 36:16 : 2Ch 30:10; Jr 5:12-13
  19. 36:16 : Pr 1:24-32
  20. 36:16 : Ezr 5:12
  21. 36:17 : 2Kg 25:1-7; Jr 52:4-11
  22. 36:19-20 : 2Kg 25:9-11; Jr 52:13-15
  23. 36:20 : Jr 27:7
  24. 36:21 : Jr 25:11-12; 29:10
  25. 36:21 : Lv 25:4; 26:33
  26. 36:22-23 : Ezr 1:1-3
  27. 36:22 : Jr 25:11-14; 27:22; 29:10-14; 33:7-10
  28. 36:22 : Is 44:28; 45:1

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