2 Chronicles 36:5-7

Jehoiakim’s Reign

36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹  He did evil in the sight of ²  the Lord his God. 36:6 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, ³  bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away ⁴  to Babylon. 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar took some of the items in the Lord’s temple to Babylon and put them in his palace ⁵  there. ⁶ 

[36:5]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:5]  ² tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[36:6]  ³ tn Heb “came up against him.”

[36:6]  ⁴ tn Heb “to carry him away.”

[36:7]  ⁵ tn Or “temple.”

[36:7]  ⁶ tn Heb “in Babylon.” Repeating the proper name “Babylon” here would be redundant in contemporary English, so “there” has been used in the translation.