Then the people{H5971} of the land{H776} took{H3947} Jehoahaz{H3059} the son{H1121} of Josiah,{H2977} and made him king{H4427} in his father's{H1} stead in Jerusalem.{H3389}

Joahaz{H3099} was twenty{H6242} and three{H7969} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} three{H7969} months{H2320} in Jerusalem.{H3389}

And the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} deposed{H5493} him at Jerusalem,{H3389} and fined{H6064} the land{H776} a hundred{H3967} talents{H3603} of silver{H3701} and a talent{H3603} of gold.{H2091}

And the king{H4428} of Egypt{H4714} made Eliakim{H471} his brother{H251} king{H4427} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem,{H3389} and changed{H5437} his name{H8034} to Jehoiakim.{H3079} And Neco{H5224} took{H3947} Joahaz{H3099} his brother,{H251} and carried{H935} him to Egypt.{H4714}

Jehoiakim{H3079} was twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} eleven{H259} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} his God.{H430}

Against him came up{H5927} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} king{H4428} of Babylon,{H894} and bound{H631} him in fetters,{H5178} to carry{H3212} him to Babylon.{H894}

Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} also carried{H935} of the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} to Babylon,{H894} and put{H5414} them in his temple{H1964} at Babylon.{H894}

Now the rest{H3499} of the acts{H1697} of Jehoiakim,{H3079} and his abominations{H8441} which he did,{H6213} and that which was found{H4672} in him, behold, they are written{H3789} in the book{H5612} of the kings{H4428} of Israel{H3478} and Judah:{H3063} and Jehoiachin{H3078} his son{H1121} reigned{H4427} in his stead.

Jehoiachin{H3078} was eight{H8083} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} three{H7969} months{H2320} and ten{H6235} days{H3117} in Jerusalem:{H3389} and he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And at the return{H8666} of the year{H8141} king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar{H5019} sent,{H7971} and brought{H935} him to Babylon,{H894} with the goodly{H2532} vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and made Zedekiah{H6667} his brother{H251} king{H4427} over Judah{H3063} and Jerusalem.{H3389}

Zedekiah{H6667} was twenty{H6242} and one{H259} years{H8141} old{H1121} when he began to reign;{H4427} and he reigned{H4427} eleven{H259} years{H8141} in Jerusalem:{H3389}

and he did{H6213} that which was evil{H7451} in the sight{H5869} of Jehovah{H3068} his God;{H430} he humbled{H3665} not himself before{H6440} Jeremiah{H3414} the prophet{H5030} [speaking] from the mouth{H6310} of Jehovah.{H3068}

And he also rebelled{H4775} against king{H4428} Nebuchadnezzar,{H5019} who had made him swear{H7650} by God:{H430} but he stiffened{H7185} his neck,{H6203} and hardened{H553} his heart{H3824} against turning{H7725} unto Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of Israel.{H3478}

Moreover all the chiefs{H8269} of the priests,{H3548} and the people,{H5971} trespassed{H4603} very{H4604} greatly{H7235} after all the abominations{H8441} of the nations;{H1471} and they polluted{H2930} the house{H1004} of Jehovah{H3068} which he had hallowed{H6942} in Jerusalem.{H3389}

And Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of their fathers,{H1} sent{H7971} to them by{H3027} his messengers,{H4397} rising up early{H7925} and sending,{H7971} because he had compassion{H2550} on his people,{H5971} and on his dwelling-place:{H4583}

but they mocked{H3931} the messengers{H4397} of God,{H430} and despised{H959} his words,{H1697} and scoffed{H8591} at his prophets,{H5030} until the wrath{H2534} of Jehovah{H3068} arose{H5927} against his people,{H5971} till there was no remedy.{H4832}

Therefore he brought{H5927} upon them the king{H4428} of the Chaldeans,{H3778} who slew{H2026} their young men{H970} with the sword{H2719} in the house{H1004} of their sanctuary,{H4720} and had no compassion{H2550} upon young man{H970} or virgin,{H1330} old man{H2205} or hoary-headed:{H3486} he gave{H5414} them all into his hand.{H3027}

And all the vessels{H3627} of the house{H1004} of God,{H430} great{H1419} and small,{H6996} and the treasures{H214} of the house{H1004} of Jehovah,{H3068} and the treasures{H214} of the king,{H4428} and of his princes,{H8269} all these he brought{H935} to Babylon.{H894}

And they burnt{H8313} the house{H1004} of God,{H430} and brake down{H5422} the wall{H2346} of Jerusalem,{H3389} and burnt{H8313} all the palaces{H759} thereof with fire,{H784} and destroyed{H7843} all the goodly{H4261} vessels{H3627} thereof.

And them that had escaped{H7611} from the sword{H2719} carried he away{H1540} to Babylon;{H894} and they were servants{H5650} to him and his sons{H1121} until the reign{H4427} of the kingdom{H4438} of Persia:{H6539}

to fulfil{H4390} the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} by the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah,{H3414} until the land{H776} had enjoyed{H7521} its sabbaths:{H7676} [for] as long as{H3117} it lay desolate{H8074} it kept sabbath,{H7673} to fulfil{H4390} threescore and ten{H7657} years.{H8141}

Now in the first{H259} year{H8141} of Cyrus{H3566} king{H4428} of Persia,{H6539} that the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} by the mouth{H6310} of Jeremiah{H3414} might be accomplished,{H3615} Jehovah{H3068} stirred up{H5782} the spirit{H7307} of Cyrus{H3566} king{H4428} of Persia,{H6539} so that he made a proclamation{H5674} throughout all his kingdom,{H4438} and [put it] also in writing,{H4385} saying,{H559}

Thus saith{H559} Cyrus{H3566} king{H4428} of Persia,{H6539} All the kingdoms{H4467} of the earth{H776} hath Jehovah,{H3068} the God{H430} of heaven,{H8064} given{H5414} me; and he hath charged{H6485} me to build{H1129} him a house{H1004} in Jerusalem,{H3389} which is in Judah.{H3063} Whosoever there is among you of all his people,{H5971} Jehovah{H3068} his God{H430} be with him, and let him go up.{H5927}