2Chronicles 36:9 - Prayer Tents

2Chronicles 36

Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, then Jehoiachin Rule

36Then the people of the land took Joahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in place of his father in Jerusalem.H5971H776H3947H3059H1121H2977H4427H1H33892Joahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.H3099H6242H7969H8141H1121H4427H4427H7969H2320H33893Then 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.H4428H4714H5493H3389H6064H776H3967H3603H3701H3603H20914And 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.H4428H4714H471H251H4427H3063H3389H5437H8034H3079H5224H3947H3099H251H935H47145Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.H3079H6242H2568H8141H1121H4427H4427H259H6240H8141H3389H6213H7451H5869H3068H4306Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze [chains] to take him to Babylon.H5927H5019H4428H894H631H5178H3212H8947Nebuchadnezzar also brought [some] of the articles of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon.H5019H935H3627H1004H3068H894H5414H1964H8948Now 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.H3499H1697H3079H8441H6213H4672H3789H5612H4428H3478H3063H3078H1121H44279Jehoiachin 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.H3078H8083H8141H1121H4427H4427H7969H2320H6235H3117H3389H6213H7451H5869H3068

Captivity in Babylon Begun

10And 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.H8141H8666H4428H5019H7971H935H894H2532H3627H1004H3068H6667H251H4427H3063H3389

Zedekiah Rules in Judah

11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.H6667H259H6242H8141H1121H4427H4427H259H6240H8141H338912And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the LORD.H6213H7451H5869H3068H430H3665H6440H3414H5030H6310H306813And 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.H4775H4428H5019H7650H430H7185H6203H553H3824H7725H3068H430H347814Furthermore, 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.H8269H3548H5971H4603H4604H7235H8441H1471H2930H1004H3068H6942H338915And 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;H3068H430H1H7971H3027H4397H7925H7971H2550H5971H458316but 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.H3931H4397H430H959H1697H8591H5030H2534H3068H5927H5971H483217Therefore 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.H5927H4428H3778H2026H970H2719H1004H4720H2550H970H1330H2205H3486H5414H302718And 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.H3627H1004H430H1419H6996H214H1004H3068H214H4428H8269H935H89419Then 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.H8313H1004H430H5422H2346H3389H8313H759H784H7843H4261H362720And 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,H7611H2719H1540H894H5650H1121H4427H4438H653921to 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.H4390H1697H3068H6310H3414H776H7521H7676H3117H8074H7673H4390H7657H8141

Cyrus Permits Return

22Now 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,H259H8141H3566H4428H6539H1697H3068H6310H3414H3615H3068H5782H7307H3566H4428H6539H5674H6963H4438H4385H55923"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!'"H559H3566H4428H6539H4467H776H3068H430H8064H5414H6485H1129H1004H3389H3063H5971H3068H430H5927