2 Chronicles 36:5

5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.

2 Chronicles 36:5 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:5

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:1)

2 Chronicles 36:5 In-Context

3 Then the king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid on the land a tribute of one hundred talents of silver and one talent of gold.
4 The king of Egypt made his brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but Neco took his brother Jehoahaz and carried him to Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.
6 Against him King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up, and bound him with fetters to take him to Babylon.
7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his palace in Babylon.
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