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2 Chronicles 36:4-6
International Standard Version
2 Chronicles 36:4-6
International Standard Version
4 King Neco of Egypt installed Jehoahaz’s[a] brother Eliakim as king over Judah and Jerusalem, changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim, and took his brother Joahaz back to Egypt.
Jehoiakim’s Reign; Nebuchadnezzar’s First Capture of Jerusalem
5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, but he practiced what the Lord his God considered to be evil. 6 As a result, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:4 Lit. his
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