Then the people of the land
took
Jehoahaz
the son
of Josiah
, and made him king
in his father's
stead in Jerusalem
.
Jehoahaz was twenty
and 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 condemned
the land
in an hundred
talents
of silver
and a talent
of gold
.
And the king of Egypt
made Eliakim
his brother
king
over Judah
and Jerusalem
, and turned
his name
to Jehoiakim
. And Necho
took
Jehoahaz
his brother
, and carried
him to Egypt
.
Jehoiakim 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
.
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
, and bound
him in fetters
, to carry
him to Babylon
.
Nebuchadnezzar also carried
of the vessels
of the house
of the LORD
to Babylon
, and put
them in his temple
at Babylon
.
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 stead.
Jehoiachin was eight
years
old
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
.
And when the year was expired
, king
Nebuchadnezzar
sent
, and brought
him to Babylon
, with the goodly
vessels
of the house
of the LORD
, and made Zedekiah
his brother
king
over Judah
and Jerusalem
.
Zedekiah was one
and twenty
years
old
when he began to reign
, and reigned
eleven
years
in Jerusalem
.
And he did that which was evil
in the sight
of the LORD
his God
, and humbled
not himself before
Jeremiah
the prophet
speaking 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
unto the LORD
God
of Israel
.
Moreover all the chief of the priests
, and the people
, transgressed
very
much
after all the abominations
of the heathen
; and polluted
the house
of the LORD
which he had hallowed
in Jerusalem
.
And the LORD God
of their fathers
sent
to them by
his messengers
, rising up betimes
, and sending
; because he had compassion
on his people
, and on his dwelling place
:
But they mocked the messengers
of God
, and despised
his words
, and misused
his prophets
, until the wrath
of the LORD
arose
against his people
, till there was no remedy
.
Therefore he brought upon them the king
of the Chaldees
, who slew
their young men
with the sword
in the house
of their sanctuary
, and had no compassion
upon young man
or maiden
, old man
, or him that stooped for age
: he gave
them 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 princes
; all these he brought
to Babylon
.
And they burnt the house
of God
, and brake down
the wall
of Jerusalem
, and burnt
all the palaces
thereof with fire
, and destroyed
all the goodly
vessels
thereof.
And them that had escaped from the sword
carried he away
to Babylon
; where they were servants
to him and his sons
until the reign
of the kingdom
of Persia
:
To fulfil the word
of the LORD
by the mouth
of Jeremiah
, until the land
had enjoyed
her sabbaths
: for as long as
she lay desolate
she kept sabbath
, to fulfil
threescore and ten
years
.
Now in the first year
of Cyrus
king
of Persia
, that the word
of the LORD
spoken by the mouth
of Jeremiah
might be accomplished
, the LORD
stirred up
the spirit
of Cyrus
king
of Persia
, that he made a proclamation
throughout all his kingdom
, and put it also in writing
, saying
,
Thus saith Cyrus
king
of Persia
, All the kingdoms
of the earth
hath the LORD
God
of heaven
given
me; and he hath charged
me to build
him an house
in Jerusalem
, which is in Judah
. Who is there among you of all his people
? The LORD
his God
be with him, and let him go up
.