Thematic Bible




2 Chronicles 36:1 (show verse)

The people of the land crowned Josiah's son Jehoahaz as their new king in Jerusalem in place of his father.

2 Chronicles 36:2 (show verse)

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king. He was king in Jerusalem for three months.

2 Chronicles 36:3 (show verse)

The king of Egypt removed him from office in Jerusalem and fined the country seven thousand five hundred pounds of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold.

2 Chronicles 36:4 (show verse)

The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king of Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. Necho took Jehoahaz away to Egypt.

2 Chronicles 36:5 (show verse)

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king. He ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what Jehovah his God considered evil.

2 Chronicles 36:6 (show verse)

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked Jehoiakim and put him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:7 (show verse)

Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the utensils of Jehovah's Temple to Babylon. He put them in his palace (temple) in Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:8 (show verse)

Everything about Jehoiakim, the disgusting things he did and all the charges against him are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiakin succeeded him as king.

2 Chronicles 36:9 (show verse)

Jehoiakin was eight years old when he began to rule as king. He was king for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what Jehovah considered evil.

2 Chronicles 36:10 (show verse)

In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar sent for Jehoiakin and brought him to Babylon with the valuable utensils from Jehovah's Temple. Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiakin's uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:11 (show verse)

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to rule. He ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:12 (show verse)

He did what Jehovah his God considered evil. He did not humble himself in front of the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke Jehovah's word.

2 Chronicles 36:13 (show verse)

Zedekiah also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar made Zedekiah swear an oath of allegiance to him in God's name. But Zedekiah became so stubborn and so impossible to deal with that he refused to turn back to Jehovah the God of Israel.

2 Chronicles 36:14 (show verse)

All the officials, the priests, and the people became increasingly unfaithful and followed all the disgusting practices of the nations. Although Jehovah made the Temple in Jerusalem holy, they made the Temple unclean.

2 Chronicles 36:15 (show verse)

Jehovah the God of their ancestors repeatedly sent messages through his prophets because he wanted to spare his people and his dwelling place.

2 Chronicles 36:16 (show verse)

They mocked God's messengers. They despised his words, and made fun of his prophets until Jehovah became angry with his people. He could no longer heal them.

2 Chronicles 36:17 (show verse)

So he had the Babylonian king attack them and execute their best young men in their holy temple. He did not spare the best men or the unmarried women, the old people or the sick people. God handed all of them over to him.

2 Chronicles 36:18 (show verse)

He brought to Babylon each of the utensils from God's temple, the treasures from Jehovah's Temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials.

2 Chronicles 36:19 (show verse)

He burned down the Temple and the city, with all its palaces and its wealth, and broke down the city wall.

2 Chronicles 36:20 (show verse)

The survivors were taken to Babylonia as prisoners. They served as slaves of the king and his sons, until Persia became a powerful nation.

2 Chronicles 36:21 (show verse)

This fulfilled the word of Jehovah that was spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days of its desolation it kept Sabbath until seventy years were complete.

2 Chronicles 36:22 (show verse)

In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia. He sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing. He said:

2 Chronicles 36:23 (show verse)

Thus says Cyrus king of Persia: Jehovah, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all his people, may Jehovah his God be with him, and let him go up!