2 Chronicles 36:1-16 - The Decline Of Judah

¹ And the people of the land will take Jehoahaz son of Josiah, and make him king instead of his father in Jerusalem.

² The son of three and twenty years was Jehoahaz in his reigning, and three months reigned he in Jerusalem. ³ And the king of Egypt will remove him in Jerusalem, and he will amerce the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

⁴ And the king of Egypt will make Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he will turn his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho will take Jehoahaz his brother and bring him to Egypt

⁵ The son of twenty and five years was Jehoiakim in his reigning, and eleven years reigned he in Jerusalem: and he will do evil in the eyes of Jehovah his God. ⁶ Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel, and he will bind him in fetters to cause him to go to Babel. ⁷ And from the vessels of the house of God Nebuchadnezzar brought to Babel, and he will give them into his temple in Babel

⁸ And the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that being found upon him, behold them written upon the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son will reign in his stead.

⁹ The son of eight years was Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months and ten days reigned he in Jerusalem: and he will do the evil in the eyes of Jehovah. ¹⁰ And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent and he will bring him to Babel, with the vessels of desire of the house of Jehovah, and he will make Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

¹¹ The son of twenty and one years was Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years reigned he in Jerusalem. ¹² And he will do the evil in the eyes of Jehovah his God; he was not humbled from before Jeremiah the prophet from the mouth of Jehovah. ¹³ And also he rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar who caused him to swear by God: and he will harden his neck and strengthen his heart from turning back to Jehovah the God of Israel. ¹⁴ Also all the chiefs of the priests and the people multiplied to Transgress transgression according to all the abominations of the nations; and they will defile the house of Jehovah which he consecrated in Jerusalem.

¹⁵ And Jehovah the God of their fathers will send to them by the hand of his messengers, rising early and sending; for he compassionated upon his people, and upon his dwelling: ¹⁶ For they will be mocking upon the messengers of God, and despising his words, and scoffing at his prophets, even to the bringing up the wrath of Jehovah against his people, even to no healing.