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Text -- 2 Chronicles 36:1-7 (NET)
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Jehoahaz’s Reign
36:1 The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem .
36:2 Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem .
36:3 The king of Egypt prevented him from ruling in Jerusalem and imposed on the land a special tax of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold .
36:4 The king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem , and changed his name to Jehoiakim . Necho seized his brother Jehoahaz and took him to Egypt .
Jehoiakim’s Reign
36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem . He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God .
36:6 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him with bronze chains , and carried him away to Babylon .
36:7 Nebuchadnezzar took some of the items in the Lord’s temple to Babylon and put them in his palace there .
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NET Notes: 2Ch 36:1 For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
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NET Notes: 2Ch 36:3 The Hebrew word כִּכַּר (kikar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used...
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NET Notes: 2Ch 36:4 Heb “his”; the referent (Jehoahaz) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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