1So the squad in the land took Jehoahaz, Josiah's kid, and made him king in Jerusalem, no cap.

2Jehoahaz was 23 when he started ruling, but only lasted three months in Jerusalem, fr.

3Then the king of Egypt rolled up and shut him down in Jerusalem, taxing him a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

4The king of Egypt made Eliakim, his bro, king over Judah and Jerusalem, and switched his name to Jehoiakim. Necho took Jehoahaz and bounced to Egypt.

5Jehoiakim was 25 when he took the throne and ruled for eleven years, but he was totally sus in the eyes of the Lord.

6Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came at him, shackled him up, and dragged him to Babylon, savage.

7Nebuchadnezzar took the holy stuff from the Lord's house to Babylon and stashed it in his temple, no cap.

8The rest of Jehoiakim's acts and all his cringe moments are in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Jehoiachin, his son, took over after him.

9Jehoiachin was just 8 when he started ruling, lasted three months and ten days in Jerusalem, but he was also sus in the Lord's eyes.

10When the year was up, king Nebuchadnezzar sent for him, took him to Babylon with the good stuff from the Lord's house, and made Zedekiah, his bro, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11Zedekiah was 21 when he became king and ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem, fr.

12He was also sus in the Lord's eyes and didn’t humble himself before Jeremiah, who was speaking for the Lord.

13He even rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who made him swear by God, but he was stubborn and refused to turn back to the Lord God of Israel.

14The priests and the people went wild with all the heathen vibes and messed up the Lord's house in Jerusalem, which was supposed to be holy.

15The Lord God sent messengers to them, getting up early and sending them out, 'cause He felt for His people and His place, periodt.

16But they clowned the messengers, dissed His words, and mistreated His prophets until the Lord's wrath hit them hard, and there was no way out.

17So He sent the king of the Chaldees who took out their young men in the sanctuary, showing no mercy to anyone, young or old, periodt.

18He took all the stuff from God's house, big and small, and the treasures of the Lord and the king, all of it to Babylon.

19They burned down God's house, wrecked the walls of Jerusalem, set fire to all the palaces, and destroyed all the good stuff.

20Those who survived the sword got taken to Babylon, where they served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rolled in, no cap.

21This was to fulfill the word of the Lord through Jeremiah, until the land got its sabbaths: while it was desolate, it kept sabbath for seventy years, fr.

22In the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up Cyrus' spirit, and he made a proclamation across his kingdom, writing it down too.

23Cyrus, king of Persia, said, "The Lord God of heaven gave me all the kingdoms of the earth and charged me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who's with me? Let the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!"

1Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s stead in Jerusalem.

2Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

3And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

4And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

5Jehoiakim 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.

6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

7Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.

10And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

12And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.

13And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel.

14Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the Lord which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

15And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

16But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

17Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

18And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

20And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

21To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

23Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up.