2 Chronicles 36:6–13

^6*King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in chains. ⁷Nebuchadnezzar carried off some of the treasures of the Temple and put them in his palace in Babylon. ⁸Everything that Jehoiakim did, including his disgusting practices and the evil he committed, is recorded in The History of the Kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.

King Jehoiachin of Judah

⁹Jehoiachin was eighteen^y years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He too sinned against the Lord. ^10*When spring came, King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylonia as a prisoner, and carried off the treasures of the Temple. Then Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin’s uncle^z Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.

King Zedekiah of Judah

^11*Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. ¹²He sinned against the Lord and did not listen humbly to the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke the word of the Lord.

The Fall of Jerusalem

^13*Zedekiah rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had forced him to swear in God’s name that he would be loyal. He stubbornly refused to repent and return to the Lord, the God of Israel.