13 As the Lord had declared,(A) Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures(B) from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles(C) that Solomon(D) king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord.

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Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the Lord and put them in his temple[a] there.(A)

The 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(B)

Jehoiachin(C) was eighteen[b] 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. 10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon,(D) together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,[c] Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:7 Or palace
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:9 One Hebrew manuscript, some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Hebrew brother, that is, relative (see 2 Kings 24:17)

14 He even removed from the temple[a] of Babylon the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple in Jerusalem and brought to the temple[b] in Babylon.(A) Then King Cyrus gave them to a man named Sheshbazzar,(B) whom he had appointed governor,

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  1. Ezra 5:14 Or palace
  2. Ezra 5:14 Or palace

19 For this is what the Lord Almighty says about the pillars, the bronze Sea,(A) the movable stands and the other articles(B) that are left in this city, 20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried(C) Jehoiachin[a](D) son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem— 21 yes, this is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the Lord and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem: 22 ‘They will be taken(E) to Babylon and there they will remain until the day(F) I come for them,’ declares the Lord. ‘Then I will bring(G) them back and restore them to this place.’”

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  1. Jeremiah 27:20 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant of Jehoiachin

While Belshazzar was drinking(A) his wine, he gave orders to bring in the gold and silver goblets(B) that Nebuchadnezzar his father[a] had taken from the temple in Jerusalem, so that the king and his nobles, his wives and his concubines(C) might drink from them.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor; or predecessor; also in verses 11, 13 and 18

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