Thematic Bible




2 Chronicles 36:1 (show verse)

After this, the people of the land installed Josiah's son Jehoahaz in Jerusalem as king to take his father's place.

2 Chronicles 36:2 (show verse)

Jehoahaz was 23 years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem,

2 Chronicles 36:3 (show verse)

after which the king of Egypt dethroned him and imposed a fine on the land of 100 talents of silver and one talent of gold.

2 Chronicles 36:4 (show verse)

King Neco of Egypt installed Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim as king over Judah and Jerusalem, changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim, and took his brother Joahaz back to Egypt.

2 Chronicles 36:5 (show verse)

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, but he practiced what the LORD his God considered to be evil.

2 Chronicles 36:6 (show verse)

As a result, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:7 (show verse)

Nebuchadnezzar also took articles from the LORD's Temple to Babylon and placed them in his temple in Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:8 (show verse)

The rest of Jehoiakim's accomplishments along with the detestable things that he did that were recorded in his disfavor are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin became king to replace him.

2 Chronicles 36:9 (show verse)

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem, all the while doing what the LORD considered to be evil.

2 Chronicles 36:10 (show verse)

At the beginning of the next year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, along with valuable articles from the LORD's Temple, and he installed Jehoiachin's relative Zedekiah as king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:11 (show verse)

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:12 (show verse)

He practiced what the LORD his God considered to be evil and never humbled himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the LORD.

2 Chronicles 36:13 (show verse)

Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear allegiance in the name of God. Instead, he stiffened his resolve, and hardened his heart, and would not return to the LORD God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:14 (show verse)

Meanwhile, all the officials who supervised the priests and the people remained unfaithful, following the detestable example of the surrounding nations. They polluted the LORD's Temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:15 (show verse)

The LORD God of their ancestors pleaded with them time and again through his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on the place of his residence,

2 Chronicles 36:16 (show verse)

but they mocked God's messengers, despised his words, and scoffed at his prophets, until there was no remedy for the wrath of the LORD that arose to punish his people.

2 Chronicles 36:17 (show verse)

Therefore he brought up the king of the Chaldeans against them, who executed their young men in the holy Temple, showing no compassion on young man or young virgin, adult men or the aged. God gave them all into the king's control,

2 Chronicles 36:18 (show verse)

who took back to Babylon every article in God's Temple, whether large or small, including the treasuries of the LORD's Temple, the king's assets, and those of his officers.

2 Chronicles 36:19 (show verse)

After this, they set fire to God's Temple, demolished the wall around Jerusalem, burned all of its fortified buildings, and destroyed everything of value.

2 Chronicles 36:20 (show verse)

Nebuchadnezzar carried off to Babylon those who survived the executions, and they served him and his descendants until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

2 Chronicles 36:21 (show verse)

All of this fulfilled what the LORD had predicted through Jeremiah. And so the land enjoyed its Sabbaths, and the length of the land's desolation lasted until a 70-year long Sabbath had been completed.

2 Chronicles 36:22 (show verse)

During the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, in fulfillment of the message from the LORD spoken by Jeremiah, the LORD prompted Cyrus, king of Persia, to make this proclamation throughout his entire kingdom, which was also released in written form:

2 Chronicles 36:23 (show verse)

AN OFFICIAL STATEMENT FROM CYRUS, KING OF PERSIA All of the kingdoms of the earth have been given to me by the LORD God of Heaven, and he specifically charged me to build a temple for him in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Therefore, who among the LORD's people trusts in his God? Whoever among this group wishes to do so may travel to Jerusalem.