The king of Egypt made his brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; Necho took his brother Joahaz and brought him to Egypt.
The other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, and the abominable things he did, and what was found against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.
At the turn of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent to have him brought to Babylon with the precious vessels of the House of GOD, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Word-by-Word Analysis
ולתשובת
1144
השנה
360
שלח
338
המלך
95
נבוכדנאצר
423
ויבאהו
30
בבלה
39
עםכלי
170
חמדת
452
ביתיהוה
438
וימלך
106
אתצדקיהו
616
אחיו
25
עליהודה
130
וירושלםפ
672
II Chronicles 36:11
Gematria: 3778
בןעשריםואחתשנהצדקיהובמלכוואחתעשרהשנהמלךבירושלם
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
He also rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, who made him take an oathban oath A vassal oath; cf. Ezek. 17.11–21. by God; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart so as not to turn to the ETERNAL God of Israel.
All the officers of the priests and the people committed many trespasses, following all the abominable practices of the nations. They polluted the House of GOD that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.
The ETERNAL God of their ancestors had sent word to them through messengers daily without fail, having taken pity on the people and on the temple.cthe temple Lit. “His habitation.”
[God] therefore brought the king of the Chaldeans upon them, who killed their youths by the sword in their sanctuary; neither youth nor maiden, elder, or graybeard were spared—all were delivered into his hands.
All the vessels of the House of God, large and small, and the treasures of the House of GOD and the treasures of the king and his officers were all brought to Babylon.
in fulfillment of the word of GOD spoken by Jeremiah, until the land paid back its sabbaths; as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, till seventy years were completed.
And in the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, when the word of GOD spoken by Jeremiah was fulfilled, GOD roused the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his realm by word of mouth and in writing, as follows:
“Thus said King Cyrus of Persia: The ETERNAL God of Heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and has charged me with building a house [of God] in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. May the ETERNAL God be with those of you among this people who wish to go up.”