2 Chronicles 36:6–13

⁶Nebuchadnezzar^w king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.^{x 7}Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the Lord and put them in his temple^d there.^y

⁸The other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

Jehoiachin King of Judah

36:9–10pp—2Ki 24:8–17

⁹Jehoiachin^z was eighteen^e years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. ¹⁰In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon,^a together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,^f Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah King of Judah

36:11–16pp—2Ki 24:18–20; Jer 52:1–3

¹¹Zedekiah^b was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. ¹²He did evil in the eyes of the Lord^c his God and did not humble^d himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord. ¹³He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath^e in God’s name. He became stiff-necked^f and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.