2 Chronicles 36:1-8

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Jehoahaz King of Judah^(A)

36 The people of ·Judah [^Lthe land] ·chose [^Ltook] Josiah’s son Jehoahaz and made him king in Jerusalem in his father’s place.

² Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he ·was king [reigned] in Jerusalem for three months. ³ Then King Neco of Egypt ·removed Jehoahaz from being king [dethroned/deposed him] in Jerusalem. Neco made the people of Judah pay a ·tax [or fine] of ·about seventy-five hundred pounds [^Lone hundred talents] of silver and ·about seventy-five pounds [^Lone talent] of gold. ⁴ The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim the king of Judah and Jerusalem and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz to Egypt [^Cas a prisoner].

Jehoiakim King of Judah^(B)

⁵ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ·was king [reigned] in Jerusalem for eleven years. He did ·what the Lord said was wrong [evil in the Lord’s sight/eyes]. ⁶ King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked ·Judah [^Lhim], ·captured Jehoiakim [bound him], put bronze chains on him, and ·took him [carried him away] to Babylon. ⁷ Nebuchadnezzar removed some of the ·things [articles; vessels] from the ·Temple [^Lhouse] of the Lord, took them to Babylon, and put them in his own ·palace [or temple; ^Lhouse].

⁸ The ·other things Jehoiakim did as king [rest of the events/acts/history of Jehoiakim], the ·hateful [detestable; abominable] things he did, and everything ·he was guilty of doing [found against him], ·are [^Lare they not…?] written in the ·book [scroll] of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became king in his place.