Then the people{H5971} of the land{H776} took{H3947}{(H8799)} Jehoahaz{H3059} the son{H1121} of Josiah{H2977}, and made him king{H4427}{(H8686)} in his father's{H1} stead in Jerusalem{H3389}.

Jehoahaz{H3099} was twenty{H6242} and three{H7969} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} three{H7969} months{H2320} in Jerusalem{H3389}.

And the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} put him down{H5493}{(H8686)} at Jerusalem{H3389}, and condemned{H6064}{(H8799)} the land{H776} in an hundred{H3967} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701} and a talent{H3603} of gold{H2091}.

And the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} made Eliakim{H471} his brother{H251} king{H4427}{(H8686)} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}, and turned{H5437}{(H8686)} his name{H8034} to Jehoiakim{H3079}. And Necho{H5224} took{H3947}{(H8804)} Jehoahaz{H3099} his brother{H251}, and carried{H935}{(H8686)} him to Egypt{H4714}.

Jehoiakim{H3079} was twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} eleven{H259}{H6240} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}: and he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}.

Against him came up{H5927}{(H8804)} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon{H894}, and bound{H631}{(H8799)} him in fetters{H5178}, to carry{H3212}{(H8687)} him to Babylon{H894}.

Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} also carried{H935}{(H8689)} of the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} to Babylon{H894}, and put{H5414}{(H8799)} them in his temple{H1964} at Babylon{H894}.

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jehoiakim{H3079}, and his abominations{H8441} which he did{H6213}{(H8804)}, and that which was found{H4672}{(H8737)} in him, behold, they are written{H3789}{(H8803)} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Judah{H3063}: and Jehoiachin{H3078} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427}{(H8799)} in his stead.

Jehoiachin{H3078} was eight{H8083} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and he reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} three{H7969} months{H2320} and ten{H6235} days{H3117} in Jerusalem{H3389}: and he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068}.

And when the year{H8141} was expired{H8666}, king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} sent{H7971}{(H8804)}, and brought{H935}{(H8686)} him to Babylon{H894}, with the goodly{H2532} vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and made Zedekiah{H6667} his brother{H251} king{H4427}{(H8686)} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem{H3389}.

Zedekiah{H6667} was one{H259} and twenty{H6242} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign{H4427}{(H8800)}, and reigned{H4427}{(H8804)} eleven{H259}{H6240} years{H8141} in Jerusalem{H3389}.

And he did{H6213}{(H8799)} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of the LORD{H3068} his God{H430}, and humbled{H3665}{(H8738)} not himself before{H6440} Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} speaking from the mouth{H6310} of the LORD{H3068}.

And he also rebelled{H4775}{(H8804)} against king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019}, who had made him swear{H7650}{(H8689)} by God{H430}: but he stiffened{H7185}{(H8686)} his neck{H6203}, and hardened{H553}{(H8762)} his heart{H3824} from turning{H7725}{(H8800)} unto the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of Israel{H3478}.

Moreover all the chief{H8269} of the priests{H3548}, and the people{H5971}, transgressed{H4603}{(H8800)} very{H4604} much{H7235}{(H8689)} after all the abominations{H8441} of the heathen{H1471}; and polluted{H2930}{(H8762)} the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068} which he had hallowed{H6942}{(H8689)} in Jerusalem{H3389}.

And the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of their fathers{H1} sent{H7971}{(H8799)} to them by{H3027} his messengers{H4397}, rising up betimes{H7925}{(H8687)}, and sending{H7971}{(H8800)}; because he had compassion{H2550}{(H8804)} on his people{H5971}, and on his dwelling place{H4583}:

But they mocked{H3931}{(H8688)} the messengers{H4397} of God{H430}, and despised{H959}{(H8802)} his words{H1697}, and misused{H8591}{(H8700)} his prophets{H5030}, until the wrath{H2534} of the LORD{H3068} arose{H5927}{(H8800)} against his people{H5971}, till there was no remedy{H4832}.

Therefore he brought{H5927}{(H8686)} upon them the king{H4428} of the Chaldees{H3778}, who slew{H2026}{(H8799)} their young men{H970} with the sword{H2719} in the house{H1004} of their sanctuary{H4720}, and had no compassion{H2550}{(H8804)} upon young man{H970} or maiden{H1330}, old man{H2205}, or him that stooped for age{H3486}: he gave{H5414}{(H8804)} them all into his hand{H3027}.

And all the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of God{H430}, great{H1419} and small{H6996}, and the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of the LORD{H3068}, and the treasures{H214} of the king{H4428}, and of his princes{H8269}; all these he brought{H935}{(H8689)} to Babylon{H894}.

And they burnt{H8313}{(H8799)} the house{H1004} of God{H430}, and brake down{H5422}{(H8762)} the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem{H3389}, and burnt{H8313}{(H8804)} all the palaces{H759} thereof with fire{H784}, and destroyed{H7843}{(H8687)} all the goodly{H4261} vessels{H3627} thereof.

And them that had escaped{H7611} from the sword{H2719} carried he away{H1540}{(H8686)} to Babylon{H894}; where they were servants{H5650} to him and his sons{H1121} until the reign{H4427}{(H8800)} of the kingdom{H4438} of Persia{H6539}:

To fulfil{H4390}{(H8763)} the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} by the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah{H3414}, until the land{H776} had enjoyed{H7521}{(H8804)} her sabbaths{H7676}: for as long as{H3117} she lay desolate{H8074}{(H8715)} she kept sabbath{H7673}{(H8804)}, to fulfil{H4390}{(H8763)} threescore and ten{H7657} years{H8141}.

Now in the first{H259} year{H8141} of Cyrus{H3566} king{H4428} of Persia{H6539}, that the word{H1697} of the LORD{H3068} spoken by the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah{H3414} might be accomplished{H3615}{(H8800)}, the LORD{H3068} stirred up{H5782}{(H8689)} the spirit{H7307} of Cyrus{H3566} king{H4428} of Persia{H6539}, that he made a proclamation{H5674}{(H8686)}{H6963} throughout all his kingdom{H4438}, and put it also in writing{H4385}, saying{H559}{(H8800)},

Thus saith{H559}{(H8804)} Cyrus{H3566} king{H4428} of Persia{H6539}, All the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} hath the LORD{H3068} God{H430} of heaven{H8064} given{H5414}{(H8804)} me; and he hath charged{H6485}{(H8804)} me to build{H1129}{(H8800)} him an house{H1004} in Jerusalem{H3389}, which is in Judah{H3063}. Who is there among you of all his people{H5971}? The LORD{H3068} his God{H430} be with him, and let him go up{H5927}{(H8799)}.