361 Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah , and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem . 2 Joahaz was twenty-three e years old when he became king , and he reigned three months in Jerusalem . 3 Then the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem , and imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold . 4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem , and changed his name to Jehoiakim . But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt .
5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five e years old when he became king , and he reigned eleven e years in Jerusalem ; and he did evil in the sight of the Lord his God . 6 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon . 7 Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon . 8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the abominations which he did , and what was found against him, behold , they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah . And Jehoiachin his son became king in his place .
9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king , and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem , and he did evil in the sight of the Lord . 10 At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord , and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem .
11 Zedekiah was twenty-one e years old when he became king , and he reigned eleven e years in Jerusalem . 12 He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God ; he did not humble himself before e Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the Lord . 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God . But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel . 14 Furthermore , all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful following all the abominations of the nations ; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem . 15 The Lord , the God of their fathers , sent word to them again and again by His messengers , because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place ; 16 but they continually mocked the messengers of God , despised His words and scoffed at His prophets , until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people , until there was no remedy .
17 Therefore He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary , and had no compassion on young man or virgin , old man or infirm ; He gave them all into his hand . 18 All the articles 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 officers , he brought them all to Babylon . 19 Then they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem , and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles . 20 Those who had escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon ; and they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia , 21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah , until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths . All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath until seventy years were complete .
22 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia -in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah -the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia , so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom , and also put it in writing , saying , 23 "Thus says Cyrus king of Persia , 'The Lord , the God of heaven , has given me all the kingdoms of the earth , and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem , which is in Judah . Whoever there is among you of all His people , may the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!' "
