2 Chronicles 36:5-8

Good News Translation

King Jehoiakim of Judah^(A)

^5 (B)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. He sinned against the Lord his God. ^6 (C)King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in chains. ⁷ Nebuchadnezzar carried off some of the treasures of the Temple and put them in his palace in Babylon. ⁸ Everything that Jehoiakim did, including his disgusting practices and the evil he committed, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.