And the king of EgyptmadeEliakim his brotherkingoverJudah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And NechotookJehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
Jehoiakim was twenty and fiveyears old when he began to reign, and he reignedelevenyears in Jerusalem: and he did thatwhich was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominationswhich he did, and thatwhich was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Jehoiachin was eightyears old when he began to reign, and he reignedthreemonths and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did thatwhich was evil in the sight of the LORD.
And when the year was expired, kingNebuchadnezzarsent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodlyvessels of the house of the LORD, and madeZedekiah his brotherkingoverJudah and Jerusalem.
And he alsorebelledagainstkingNebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heartfromturningunto the LORD God of Israel.
Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressedverymuchafter all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORDwhich he had hallowed in Jerusalem.
And the LORD God of theirfatherssent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwellingplace:
But theymocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORDaroseagainst his people, tillthere was no remedy.
Therefore he broughtuponthem the king of the Chaldees, who slewtheiryoung men with the sword in the house of theirsanctuary, and had no compassionuponyoung man or maiden, old man, or him thatstooped for age: he gavethem all into his hand.
And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.
And theyburnt the house of God, and brakedown the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palacesthereofwithfire, and destroyed all the goodlyvesselsthereof.
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she keptsabbath, to fulfilthreescore and ten years.
Now in the firstyear of Cyrusking of Persia, that the word of the LORDspoken by the mouth of Jeremiahmight be accomplished, the LORDstirred up the spirit of Cyrusking of Persia, that he made a proclamationthroughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
ThussaithCyrusking of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earthhath the LORD God of heavengiven me; and he hathcharged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is thereamong you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.