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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 stead in Jerusalem[H3389].
2Jehoahaz[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].
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And the king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] put him down[H5493] at Jerusalem[H3389], and condemned[H6064] the land[H776] in an hundred[H3967]talents[H3603] of silver[H3701] and a talent[H3603] of gold[H2091].
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And the king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714] made Eliakim[H471] his brother[H251]king[H4427] over Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389], and turned[H5437] his name[H8034] to Jehoiakim[H3079]. And Necho[H5224]took[H3947]Jehoahaz[H3099] his brother[H251], and carried[H935] him to Egypt[H4714].
5Jehoiakim[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 the LORD[H3068] his God[H430].
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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].
7Nebuchadnezzar[H5019] also carried[H935] of the vessels[H3627] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] to Babylon[H894], and put[H5414] them in his temple[H1964] at Babylon[H894].
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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.
9Jehoiachin[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 the LORD[H3068].
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And when the year[H8141] was expired[H8666], king[H4428]Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]sent[H7971], and brought[H935] him to Babylon[H894], with the goodly[H2532]vessels[H3627] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and made Zedekiah[H6667] his brother[H251]king[H4427] over Judah[H3063] and Jerusalem[H3389].
11Zedekiah[H6667] was one[H259] and twenty[H6242]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and reigned[H4427]eleven[H259]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389].
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And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068] his God[H430], and humbled[H3665] not himself before[H6440]Jeremiah[H3414] the prophet[H5030] speaking from the mouth[H6310] of the LORD[H3068].
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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] from turning[H7725] unto the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of Israel[H3478].
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Moreover all the chief[H8269] of the priests[H3548], and the people[H5971], transgressed[H4603]very[H4604]much[H7235] after all the abominations[H8441] of the heathen[H1471]; and polluted[H2930] the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068] which he had hallowed[H6942] in Jerusalem[H3389].
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And the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of their fathers[H1]sent[H7971] to them by[H3027] his messengers[H4397], rising up betimes[H7925], and sending[H7971]; because he had compassion[H2550] on his people[H5971], and on his dwelling place[H4583]:
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But they mocked[H3931] the messengers[H4397] of God[H430], and despised[H959] his words[H1697], and misused[H8591] his prophets[H5030], until the wrath[H2534] of the LORD[H3068]arose[H5927] against his people[H5971], till there was no remedy[H4832].
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Therefore he brought[H5927] upon them the king[H4428] of the Chaldees[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 maiden[H1330], old man[H2205], or him that stooped for age[H3486]: he gave[H5414] them all into his hand[H3027].
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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 the LORD[H3068], and the treasures[H214] of the king[H4428], and of his princes[H8269]; all these he brought[H935] to Babylon[H894].
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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.
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And them that had escaped[H7611] from the sword[H2719] carried he away[H1540] to Babylon[H894]; where they were servants[H5650] to him and his sons[H1121] until the reign[H4427] of the kingdom[H4438] of Persia[H6539]:
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To fulfil[H4390] the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] by the mouth[H6310] of Jeremiah[H3414], until the land[H776] had enjoyed[H7521] her sabbaths[H7676]: for as[H3117] long as[H3117] she lay desolate[H8074] she kept sabbath[H7673], to fulfil[H4390] threescore and ten[H7657]years[H8141].
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Now in the first[H259]year[H8141] of Cyrus[H3566]king[H4428] of Persia[H6539], that the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068] spoken by the mouth[H6310] of Jeremiah[H3414] might be accomplished[H3615], the LORD[H3068] stirred up[H5782] the spirit[H7307] of Cyrus[H3566]king[H4428] of Persia[H6539], that he made a proclamation[H5674] throughout all his kingdom[H4438], and put it also in writing[H4385], saying[H559],
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Thus saith[H559]Cyrus[H3566]king[H4428] of Persia[H6539], All the kingdoms[H4467] of the earth[H776] hath the LORD[H3068]God[H430] of heaven[H8064]given[H5414] me; and he hath charged[H6485] me to build[H1129] him an house[H1004] in Jerusalem[H3389], which is in Judah[H3063]. Who is there among you of all his people?[H5971] The LORD[H3068] his God[H430] be with him, and let him go up[H5927].