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1Then the common people took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father.[#36:1–4 2Kg 23:30b–34; #36:1 Lit the people of the land]
2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem.[#36:2 = Joahaz, also in v. 4]
3The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and fined the land 3.5 tonnes of silver and 35 kilograms of gold.[#36:3 Lit 100 talents; #36:3 Lit one talent]
4Then 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.[#36:4 Jr 22:10–12]
5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.[#36:5 2Kg 23:36–37; Jr 22:13–18]
6Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.[#36:6 2Kg 24:1; #36:6 2Ch 33:11; #36:6 Jr 22:18–19]
7Also Nebuchadnezzar took some of the articles of the Lord ’s temple to Babylon and put them in his temple in Babylon.[#36:7 2Kg 24:1–4; Jr 22:13–19; 25:1–9; Dn 1:1; Hab 1:6]
8The 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.[#36:8 2Kg 24:5–6]
9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord ’s sight.[#36:9 Some Hb mss, LXX; 2Kg 24:8; other Hb mss read eight; #36:9–10 2Kg 24:8–17]
10In 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.[#36:10 Lit At the return of the year; #36:10 2Sm 11:1; #36:10 Jr 37:1]
11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.[#36:11–13 2Kg 24:18–20; Jr 52:1–3]
12He 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.[#36:12 2Ch 33:23; #36:12 Jr 21:3–7]
13He 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.[#36:13 Ezk 17:15; #36:13 Lit He stiffened his neck; #36:13 2Ch 30:8]
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 ’s temple that he had consecrated in Jerusalem.
15But 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.[#36:15 Jr 7:13; 25:3,11–12]
16But 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.[#36:16 2Ch 30:10; Jr 5:12–13; #36:16 Pr 1:24–32; #36:16 Ezr 5:12]
17So 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.[#36:17 2Kg 25:1–7; Jr 52:4–11]
18He 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.
19Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple. They tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.[#36:19–20 2Kg 25:9–11; Jr 52:13–15]
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 kingdom.[#36:20 LXX reads Median; #36:20 Jr 27:7]
21This 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.[#36:21 Jr 25:11–12; 29:10; #36:21 Lv 25:4; 26:33]
22In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, in order to fulfil 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:[#36:22–23 Ezr 1:1–3; #36:22 Lit by the mouth of; #36:22 Jr 25:11–14; 27:22; 29:10–14; 33:7–10; #36:22 Is 44:28; 45:1]