The Reign and Captivity of Jehoahaz(A)

36 Then (B)the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem. [a]Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Now the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. Then the king of Egypt made [b]Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took [c]Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim(C)

(D)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did (E)evil in the sight of the Lord his God. (F)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in [d]bronze fetters to (G)carry him off to Babylon. (H)Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon. Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then [e]Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin(I)

(J)Jehoiachin was [f]eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 At the turn of the year (K)King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, (L)with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made (M)Zedekiah,[g] [h]Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah(N)

11 (O)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and (P)did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. 13 And he also (Q)rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he (R)stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel. 14 Moreover all the leaders of the priests and the people transgressed more and more, according to all the abominations of the nations, and defiled the house of the Lord which He had consecrated in Jerusalem.

The Fall of Jerusalem(S)

15 (T)And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. 16 But (U)they mocked the messengers of God, (V)despised His words, and (W)scoffed at His prophets, until the (X)wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy.

17 (Y)Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who (Z)killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. 18 (AA)And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon. 19 (AB)Then they burned the house of God, broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burned all its palaces with fire, and destroyed all its precious possessions. 20 And (AC)those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, (AD)where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of (AE)Jeremiah, until the land (AF)had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate (AG)she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

The Proclamation of Cyrus(AH)

22 (AI)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of (AJ)Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of (AK)Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,

23 (AL)Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:

All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a [i]house at 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!

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:2 MT Joahaz
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:4 Lit. his
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:4 MT Joahaz
  4. 2 Chronicles 36:6 chains
  5. 2 Chronicles 36:8 Or Jeconiah
  6. 2 Chronicles 36:9 Heb. mss., LXX, Syr. eighteen and 2 Kin. 24:8
  7. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Or Mattaniah
  8. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Lit. his brother, 2 Kin. 24:17
  9. 2 Chronicles 36:23 Temple

Ang Paghahari ni Jehoahaz sa Juda(A)

36 Ang anak ni Josia na si Jehoahaz ang ipinalit ng mga tao na hari sa Jerusalem. Si Jehoahaz ay 23 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng tatlong buwan. Tinanggal siya sa kanyang trono ni Haring Neco ng Egipto, at pinagbayad ni Neco ang mga taga-Juda ng buwis na 3,500 kilong pilak at 35 kilong ginto. Dinalang bihag ni Neco si Jehoahaz sa Egipto, at ginawa niyang hari ng Juda at Jerusalem si Eliakim na kapatid ni Jehoahaz. Pinalitan niya ang pangalan ni Eliakim na Jehoyakim.

Ang Paghahari ni Jehoyakim sa Juda(B)

Si Jehoyakim ay 25 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng 11 taon. Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon na kanyang Dios. Nilusob siya ni Haring Nebucadnezar ng Babilonia at kinadenahan, at dinala sa Babilonia. Dinala rin ni Nebucadnezar sa Babilonia ang ibang mga kagamitan ng templo ng Panginoon at inilagay sa kanyang palasyo.[a]

Ang ibang mga salaysay tungkol sa paghahari ni Jehoyakim at ang mga kasuklam-suklam at masasamang bagay na ginawa niya ay nakasulat sa Aklat ng Kasaysayan ng mga hari ng Israel at Juda. At ang anak niyang si Jehoyakin ang pumalit sa kanya bilang hari.

Ang Paghahari ni Jehoyakin sa Juda(C)

Si Jehoyakin ay 18 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng tatlong buwan at sampung araw. Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon. 10 Sa pagsisimula ng taon, binihag ni Haring Nebucadnezar si Jehoyakin sa Babilonia. Pinagkukuha niya ang mga mamahaling ari-arian sa templo ng Panginoon, at ginawa niyang hari ng Juda at Jerusalem ang tiyuhin ni Jehoyakin na si Zedekia.

Ang Paghahari ni Zedekia sa Juda(D)

11 Si Zedekia ay 21 taong gulang nang maging hari. Sa Jerusalem siya tumira, at naghari siya roon sa loob ng 11 taon. 12 Masama ang ginawa niya sa paningin ng Panginoon na kanyang Dios at hindi siya nagpakumbaba kay Jeremias na propeta ng Panginoon. 13 Nagrebelde rin siya kay Haring Nebucadnezar, kahit pinanumpa siya nito sa pangalan ng Dios na hindi siya maghihimagsik sa kanya. Naging matigas ang puso ni Zedekia, at ayaw niyang manumbalik sa Panginoon, ang Dios ng Israel. 14 Gayon din ang lahat ng punong pari at ang mga mamamayan ay hindi naging tapat sa Dios. Sinunod nila ang kasuklam-suklam na mga ginagawa ng ibang mga bansa at dinungisan ang templo ng Panginoon, na itinalagang banal sa Jerusalem.

Ang Pagkawasak ng Jerusalem(E)

15 Laging nakikipag-usap sa kanila ang Panginoon, ang Dios ng kanilang mga ninuno, sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga propeta, dahil naawa siya sa kanila at sa kanyang templo. 16 Pero hinamak nila ang mga propeta ng Dios, pinagtawanan, at binalewala ang kanilang mga mensahe. Kaya nagalit ang Panginoon sa kanila, at wala nang makakapigil sa kanya. 17 Ipinalusob niya ang mga taga-Babilonia sa kanila. Pinatay ng mga taga-Babilonia ang kanilang mga kabataang lalaki kahit sa templo. Wala silang awa kahit kaninuman, lalaki man o babae, bata man o matanda, sakitin man o hindi. Ipinaubaya ng Dios ang lahat niyang mamamayan kay Nebucadnezar. 18 Dinala ni Nebucadnezar sa Babilonia ang lahat ng kagamitan sa templo ng Dios, maliliit at malalaki, at ang lahat ng kayamanan ng templo, ng hari, at ng kanyang mga opisyal. 19 Pagkatapos, sinunog nila ang templo ng Dios at tinibag ang pader ng Jerusalem. Sinunog din nila ang lahat ng matitibay na bahagi ng lungsod, at giniba ang lahat ng mamahaling bagay. 20 Dinalang bihag ni Nebucadnezar sa Babilonia ang mga Israelita na hindi namatay, at ang mga ito ay naging alipin niya at ng kanyang mga anak hanggang sa naging makapangyarihan ang kaharian ng Persia. 21 Kaya natupad ang sinabi ng Panginoon sa pamamagitan ni Propeta Jeremias, na magiging mapanglaw ang lupain at makakapagpahinga ito sa loob ng 70 taon.

Pinabalik ni Cyrus ang mga Israelita sa Kanilang Lupain(F)

22 Noong unang taon ng paghahari ni Cyrus sa Persia, tinupad ng Panginoon ang sinabi niya sa pamamagitan ni Jeremias. Hinipo niya ang puso ni Cyrus para gumawa ng isang pahayag. Isinulat ito at ipinadala sa kanyang buong kaharian. 23 Ito ang mensahe ni Haring Cyrus ng Persia:

“Ibinigay sa akin ng Panginoon, ang Dios ng kalangitan, ang lahat ng kaharian dito sa mundo, at pinagkatiwalaan niya ako sa pagpapatayo ng templo para sa kanya roon sa Jerusalem na sakop ng Juda. Kayong lahat ng mamamayan ng Dios, bumalik na kayo sa inyong lupain. At nawaʼy samahan kayo ng Panginoon.”

Footnotes

  1. 36:7 palasyo: o, templo.

36 Josiah’s son Jehoahaz was selected as the new king. He was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, but lasted only three months. Then he was deposed by the king of Egypt, who demanded an annual tribute from Judah of $230,000.

The king of Egypt now appointed Eliakim, the brother of Jehoahaz, as the new king of Judah. (Eliakim’s name was changed to Jehoiakim.) Jehoahaz was taken to Egypt as a prisoner. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; but his reign was an evil one. Finally Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon conquered Jerusalem and took away the king in chains to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took some of the gold bowls and other items from the Temple, placing them in his own temple in Babylon. The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all the evil he did are written in The Annals of the Kings of Judah; and his son Jehoiachin became the new king.

Jehoiachin was eighteen[a] years old when he ascended the throne. But he lasted only three months and ten days, and it was an evil reign as far as the Lord was concerned. 10 The following spring he was summoned to Babylon by King Nebuchadnezzar. Many treasures from the Temple were taken away to Babylon at that time, and King Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah as the new king of Judah and Jerusalem.

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 His reign, too, was evil so far as the Lord was concerned, for he refused to take the counsel of Jeremiah the prophet, who gave him messages from the Lord. 13 He rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man so far as obeying the Lord God of Israel was concerned, for he refused to follow him.

14 All the important people of the nation, including the High Priests, worshiped the heathen idols of the surrounding nations, thus polluting the Temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. 15 Jehovah the God of their fathers sent his prophets again and again to warn them, for he had compassion on his people and on his Temple. 16 But the people mocked these messengers of God and despised their words, scoffing at the prophets until the anger of the Lord could no longer be restrained, and there was no longer any remedy.

17 Then the Lord brought the king of Babylon against them and killed their young men, even going after them right into the Temple, and had no pity upon them, killing even young girls and old men. The Lord used the king of Babylon to destroy them completely. 18 He also took home with him all the items, great and small, used in the Temple, and treasures from both the Temple and the palace, and took with him all the royal princes. 19 Then his army burned the Temple and broke down the walls of Jerusalem and burned all the palaces and destroyed all the valuable Temple utensils. 20 Those who survived were taken away to Babylon as slaves to the king and his sons until the kingdom of Persia conquered Babylon.

21 Thus the word of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah came true, that the land must rest for seventy years to make up for the years when the people refused to observe the Sabbath.

22-23 But in the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus to make this proclamation throughout his kingdom, putting it into writing:

“All the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the Lord God of heaven, and he has instructed me to build him a Temple in Jerusalem, in the land of Judah. All among you who are the Lord’s people return to Israel for this task, and the Lord be with you.”

This also fulfilled the prediction of Jeremiah the prophet.

Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:9 eighteen. Some manuscripts read “eight years old.”

36 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.

10 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.

11 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

12 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.

13 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.

14 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.

15 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:

16 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.

17 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.

18 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 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.

20 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:

21 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.

22 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,

23 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.