2 Chronicles 36:5-8

New International Reader's Version

Jehoiakim King of Judah

⁵ Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. ⁶ Nebuchadnezzar attacked him. Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon. He put Jehoiakim in bronze chains. And he took him to Babylon. ⁷ Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon objects from the Lord’s temple. He put them in his own temple there.

⁸ The other events of Jehoiakim’s rule are written in the records of the kings of Israel and Judah. He did things the Lord hated. Those things and everything that happened to him are also written in those records. Jehoiakim’s son Jehoiachin became the next king after him.