2 Chronicles 36 Summary

The people of the land make Jehoahaz, Josiah's son, king, but Egypt's Pharaoh deposes him after three months, condemning the land in a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold, then makes Jehoiakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Jehoiakim reigns eleven years and does evil in God's sight, so Nebuchadnezzar comes and binds him to carry him to Babylon, taking the vessels of the LORD's house to his own temple. Jehoiachin, his son, reigns only three months and ten days before Nebuchadnezzar brings him to Babylon with the goodly vessels and makes Zedekiah king. Zedekiah reigns eleven years, does evil, refuses to humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, and rebels against Nebuchadnezzar. The people transgress greatly and pollute the house of the LORD. God sends messengers, but they mock, despise, and misuse the prophets until His wrath burns with no remedy. Nebuchadnezzar slays the young men, burns the house of God, breaks down the wall, burns the palaces, and carries the surviving people to Babylon as servants. Cyrus of Persia later proclaims that the LORD has charged him to build the house of the LORD in Jerusalem.