Book 39 : KETUVIM - 2 CHRONICLES - Chapter 036
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Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of
Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem
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Joahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem
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And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and fined
the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold
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And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over
Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Neco took Joahaz his
brother, and carried him to Egypt
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Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did that which was evil
in the sight of HaShem his G-d
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Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and
bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon
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Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of
HaShem to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations
which he did, and that which 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
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Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign; and
he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did that which was
evil in the sight of HaShem
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And at the return of the year king Nebuchadnezzar sent,
and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of HaShem, and
made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem
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Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to
reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem
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and he did that which was evil in the sight of HaShem his
G-d; he humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth
of HaShem
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And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had
made him swear by G-d; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from
turning unto HaShem, the G-d of Israel
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Moreover all the chiefs of the priests, and the people,
transgressed very greatly after all the abominations of the nations; and they
polluted the house of HaShem which He had hallowed in Jerusalem
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And HaShem, the G-d of their fathers, sent to them by His
messengers, sending betimes and often; because He had compassion on His people,
and on His dwelling-place
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but they mocked the messengers of G-d, and despised His
words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of HaShem arose against His
people, till there was no remedy
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Therefore He brought upon them the king of the Chaldeans,
who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had
no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man or hoary-headed; He gave them
all into his hand
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And all the vessels of the house of G-d, great and small,
and the treasures of the house of HaShem, and the treasures of the king, and of
his princes; all these he brought to Babylon
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And they burnt the house of G-d, and broke down the wall
of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the
goodly vessels thereof
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And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away
to Babylon; and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the
kingdom of Persia
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to fulfil the word of HaShem by the mouth of Jeremiah,
until the land had been paid her sabbaths; for as long as she lay desolate she
kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the
word of HaShem by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, HaShem stirred up
the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all
his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying
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`Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia: All the kingdoms of the
earth hath HaShem, the G-d of heaven, given me; and He hath charged me to build
Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whosoever there is among you of all
His people--the HaShem his G-d be with him--let him go up.
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