2 Chronicles 36:5

5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did that which 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 And the king of Egypt deposed him at Jerusalem, and levied upon the land a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him to Egypt.
5 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
6 Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried part of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
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