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 <div class="label">36</div><div class="s1">Judah&#8217;s King Jehoahaz</div><div class="m"> 1Then&#160; # 36:1&#8211;4 2Kg 23:30b&#8211;34 the common people&#160; # 36:1 Lit the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.</div><div class="p"> 2Jehoahaz&#160; # 36:2 = Joahaz, also in v.&#160;4 was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. 3The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land seventy-five hundred pounds&#160; # 36:3 Lit 100 talents of silver and seventy-five pounds&#160; # 36:3 Lit one talent of gold.</div><div class="s1">Judah&#8217;s King Jehoiakim</div><div class="m"> 4Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz&#8217;s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim&#8217;s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt.&#160; # 36:4 Jr 22:10&#8211;12</div><div class="p"> 5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.&#160; # 36:5 2Kg 23:36&#8211;37; Jr 22:13&#8211;18 6Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him&#160; # 36:6 2Kg 24:1 and bound him in bronze&#160; # 36:6 2Ch 33:11 shackles to take him to Babylon.&#160; # 36:6 Jr 22:18&#8211;19 7Also Nebuchadnezzar took some of the articles of the Lord&#8217;s temple to Babylon and put them in his temple in Babylon.&#160; # 36:7 2Kg 24:1&#8211;4; Jr 22:13&#8211;19; 25:1&#8211;9; Dn 1:1; Hab 1:6</div><div class="p"> 8The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim,&#160; # 36:8 2Kg 24:5&#8211;6 the detestable actions he committed, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel&#8217;s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place.</div><div class="s1">Judah&#8217;s King Jehoiachin</div><div class="m"> 9Jehoiachin was eighteen&#160; # 36:9 Some Hb mss, LXX; 2Kg 24:8; other Hb mss read eight years old&#160; # 36:9&#8211;10 2Kg 24:8&#8211;17 when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord&#8217;s sight. 10In the spring&#160; # 36:10 Lit At the return of the year,# 36:10 2Sm 11:1 Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable articles of the Lord&#8217;s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin&#8217;s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.&#160; # 36:10 Jr 37:1</div><div class="s1">Judah&#8217;s King Zedekiah</div><div class="m"> 11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old&#160; # 36:11&#8211;13 2Kg 24:18&#8211;20; Jr 52:1&#8211;3 when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself&#160; # 36:12 2Ch 33:23 before the prophet Jeremiah at the Lord&#8217;s command.&#160; # 36:12 Jr 21:3&#8211;7 13He also rebelled against&#160; # 36:13 Ezk 17:15 King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate&#160; # 36:13 Lit He stiffened his neck,# 36:13 2Ch 30:8 and hardened his heart against returning to the Lord, the God of Israel. 14All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the Lord&#8217;s temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.</div><div class="s1">The Destruction of Jerusalem</div><div class="m"> 15But the Lord, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of his messengers, sending them time and time again,&#160; # 36:15 Jr 7:13; 25:3,11&#8211;12 for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. 16But they kept ridiculing God&#8217;s messengers,&#160; # 36:16 2Ch 30:10; Jr 5:12&#8211;13 despising his words,&#160; # 36:16 Pr 1:24&#8211;32 and scoffing at his prophets, until the Lord&#8217;s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.&#160; # 36:16 Ezr 5:12 17So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans,&#160; # 36:17 2Kg 25:1&#8211;7; Jr 52:4&#8211;11 who killed their fit young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; he handed them all over to him. 18He took everything to Babylon&#160;&#8212;&#160;all the articles of God&#8217;s temple, large and small, the treasures of the Lord&#8217;s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials. 19Then the Chaldeans burned God&#8217;s temple.&#160; # 36:19&#8211;20 2Kg 25:9&#8211;11; Jr 52:13&#8211;15 They tore down Jerusalem&#8217;s wall, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.</div><div class="p"> 20He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian&#160; # 36:20 LXX reads Median kingdom.&#160; # 36:20 Jr 27:7 21This fulfilled the word of the Lord through Jeremiah,&#160; # 36:21 Jr 25:11&#8211;12; 29:10 and the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation&#160; # 36:21 Lv 25:4; 26:33 until seventy years were fulfilled.</div><div class="s1">The Decree of Cyrus</div><div class="m"> 22In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia,&#160; # 36:22&#8211;23 Ezr 1:1&#8211;3 in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken through&#160; # 36:22 Lit Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,&#160; # 36:22 Jr 25:11&#8211;14; 27:22; 29:10&#8211;14; 33:7&#8211;10 the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus&#160; # 36:22 Is 44:28; 45:1 of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing:</div><div class="pi"> 23This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The Lord, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a temple at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord his God be with him.</div><div class="pi"></div>
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Then  the common people  took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.
Jehoahaz  was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land seventy-five hundred pounds  of silver and seventy-five pounds  of gold.

Then King Neco of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt. 
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.  Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him  and bound him in bronze  shackles to take him to Babylon.  Also Nebuchadnezzar took some of the articles of the LORD’s temple to Babylon and put them in his temple in Babylon. 
The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim,  the detestable actions he committed, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

Jehoiachin was eighteen  years old  when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight. In the spring  , Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable articles of the LORD’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. 

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old  when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself  before the prophet Jeremiah at the LORD’s command.  He also rebelled against  King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate  , and hardened his heart against returning to the LORD, the God of Israel. All the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, imitating all the detestable practices of the nations, and they defiled the LORD’s temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

But the LORD, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of his messengers, sending them time and time again,  for he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers,  despising his words,  and scoffing at his prophets, until the LORD’s wrath was so stirred up against his people that there was no remedy.  So he brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans,  who killed their fit young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; he handed them all over to him. He took everything to Babylon — all the articles of God’s temple, large and small, the treasures of the LORD’s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials. Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple.  They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.
He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian  kingdom.  This fulfilled the word of the LORD through Jeremiah,  and the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation  until seventy years were fulfilled.

In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia,  in order to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through  Jeremiah,  the LORD roused the spirit of King Cyrus  of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing:
This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: The LORD, the God of the heavens, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and has appointed me to build him a temple at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the LORD his God be with him.

Ascultă 2 Chronicles 36