2 Chronicles 36:6

6 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up 1against him and 2bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:6

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:1)

2 Chronicles 36:6 In-Context

4 The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
6 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
7 Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the articles of the house of the LORD to Babylon and put them in his temple at Babylon.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, behold, they are written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

Cross References 2

  • 1. 2 Kings 24:1; Jeremiah 25:1-9
  • 2. 2 Chronicles 33:11
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