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BSB
Berean Standard Bible
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King James Version
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in Jerusalem
in
place
of
his father
.
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the
son of Josiah ,
and made him king in his father's
stead
in
Jerusalem
.
Jehoahaz was twenty -
three years old when he became
king
, and he reigned in
Jerusalem
three months.
Jehoahaz was twenty and
three years old when he began
to
reign
, and he reigned three months in
Jerusalem
.
And the king of Egypt dethroned
him in
Jerusalem and imposed
on
Judah
a
levy
of
a
hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
And the king of Egypt put
him down
at
Jerusalem ,
and condemned
the
land
in
an
hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Then
Neco
king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of
Jehoahaz
king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he
changed
Eliakim’s
name to Jehoiakim. But
Neco
took Eliakim’s
brother
Jehoahaz and carried him off
to Egypt.
And
the
king of Egypt made Eliakim his
brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned
his
name to Jehoiakim. And
Necho
took Jehoahaz his
brother,
and carried him to Egypt.
Jehoiakim was twenty -
five years old when he became
king
, and he reigned in
Jerusalem
eleven years .
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
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 the LORD his God.
Then
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came
up
against
Jehoiakim
and bound him with
bronze
shackles
to take
him to Babylon.
Against
him
came
up
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ,
and bound him in
fetters,
to carry
him to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar also took
to
Babylon
some
of the articles
from
the house of the LORD, and he
put them in his temple in
Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar also carried
of the vessels
of
the house of the LORD to
Babylon
, and put them in his temple at
Babylon.
As
for
the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the
abominations he committed
, and all
that was found against
him, they are indeed
written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah .
And his son Jehoiachin
reigned in his place
.
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
.
Jehoiachin was eighteen
years old when he became
king
, and he reigned in
Jerusalem
three months and ten days .
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
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 the LORD.
In
the spring
, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned
Jehoiachin
and brought him to Babylon, along
with the articles
of value
from
the house of the LORD .
And he
made Jehoiachin’s
relative
Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
And
when
the year
was
expired
, king Nebuchadnezzar sent,
and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly
vessels
of the house of the LORD ,
and made Zedekiah his
brother
king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah was twenty-
one years old when he became
king
, and he
reigned in
Jerusalem
eleven years.
Zedekiah was one and
twenty
years old when he began
to
reign
, and reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem
.
And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did
not humble
himself before Jeremiah the prophet ,
who
spoke
for
the LORD.
And he did that
which
was
evil in the sight of the LORD his God ,
and humbled
not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking
from
the mouth
of
the
LORD.
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God .
But Zedekiah
stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against
turning to
the LORD ,
the
God of Israel.
And
he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God :
but he
stiffened his neck ,
and hardened his heart from
turning unto
the LORD God of Israel.
Furthermore,
all the leaders
of the priests and the people multiplied
their
unfaithful
deeds
, following
all the abominations of the nations,
and they
defiled
the house of the LORD ,
which He had consecrated
in Jerusalem.
Moreover
all the chief
of the priests ,
and the people, transgressed
very
much
after
all the abominations of the heathen;
and polluted
the house of the LORD which he had hallowed
in Jerusalem.
Again
and again
the LORD ,
the
God of their fathers ,
sent word
to His
people
through
His messengers because He had compassion on them
and on His dwelling place .
And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them
by
his messengers ,
rising
up
betimes,
and
sending;
because he had compassion on his
people,
and on his dwelling place :
But they mocked the messengers of God, despising
His words and scoffing
at
His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred
up
beyond
remedy.
But they mocked the messengers of God, and
despised
his words ,
and misused
his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose
against his people ,
till
there
was no
remedy.
So
He brought up
against
them the king of the Chaldeans
, who put
their young men to
the sword in the sanctuary, sparing
neither
young
men
nor
young women
, neither
elderly
nor
infirm.
God
gave them all into the
hand of
Nebuchadnezzar,
Therefore
he brought upon
them the king of the Chaldees
, 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
him
that
stooped
for
age:
he
gave them all into his
hand .
who
carried
off
everything
to
Babylon—
all the articles
of the house of God, both
large
and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD and of the king and his officials
.
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
.
Then
the
Chaldeans
set
fire
to
the house of God and broke
down the wall of Jerusalem .
They
burned
down
all the palaces and destroyed every
article
of
value
.
And
they
burnt
the house of God ,
and brake
down the wall of Jerusalem ,
and
burnt
all the palaces thereof
with
fire,
and destroyed all
the
goodly
vessels
thereof
.
Those
who
escaped the sword were
carried by
Nebuchadnezzar
into
exile
in
Babylon ,
and
they became
servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came
to
power.
And
them
that
had
escaped from
the sword carried he
away
to
Babylon ;
where
they were
servants to him and his sons until the reign
of
the
kingdom of Persia :
So
the
land
enjoyed
its
Sabbath
rest
all
the
days
of
the
desolation,
until
seventy
years
were
completed,
in
fulfillment
of
the word of the LORD through
Jeremiah.
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
kept
sabbath,
to
fulfil
threescore
and
ten
years
.
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to
fulfill
the word of the LORD spoken through
Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia to
send
a proclamation throughout his kingdom and to
put it in writing as
follows:
Now
in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that
the word of the LORD spoken by
the
mouth
of
Jeremiah might
be
accomplished
, the LORD 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,
“This
is
what
Cyrus king of Persia says:
‘The
LORD
, the
God
of
heaven,
who
has
given
me
all the kingdoms of the earth ,
has
appointed
me to build a
house
for
Him at
Jerusalem in Judah. Whoever
among you belongs
to
His people ,
may
the LORD his God be with him, and may
he
go up. ’”
Thus
saith
Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath
the
LORD
God
of
heaven
given
me ;
and
he
hath
charged
me
to build him an
house
in
Jerusalem ,
which
is
in Judah. Who
is
there
among you of
all
his people ?
The LORD his God be with him, and let
him
go up.
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