II Chronicles 36:4
The Scripture
(4) And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.
Chapter overview (whole chapter)
The book concludes with the successive reigns and downfalls of Judah's last kings, Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, culminating in Nebuchadnezzar's destruction of Jerusalem and the temple and the captivity of the people to Babylon. The chapter ends with Cyrus king of Persia proclaiming that the LORD had charged him to build a house for Him at Jerusalem, allowing the exiles to return.
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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
II Kings 23:34II Kings 23:35I Chronicles 3:15Jeremiah 22:10Jeremiah 22:11Jeremiah 22:12Ezekiel 19:3Ezekiel 19:4
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