2 Chronicles 36:6

Nebuchadnezzar Babylon

⁴ Then Neco king of Egypt made Eliakim brother of Jehoahaz king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt.

⁵ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

⁷ Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.

⁸ As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
KJV: Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
WEB: Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
ASV: Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
DARBY: Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him with chains of brass to carry him to Babylon.
BLB: Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him in bronze to carry him off to Babylon.

ÅB: Kongen i Babel Nebukadnesar dro opp mot ham og lot ham binde med to kobberlenker for å føre ham til Babel.
OTB: Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, kom mot ham og bandt ham med bronsekjeder for å føre ham til Babylon.
B1930: Kongen i Babel Nebukadnesar drog op mot ham og lot ham binde med to kobberlenker for å føre ham til Babel.

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Cross references

2 Chronicles 33:11
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
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Jeremiah 25:9
behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
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Daniel 1:1–2
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
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2 Kings 24:1–2
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
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2 Kings 24:5–6
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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Ezekiel 19:5–9
When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
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Habakkuk 1:5–10
“Look at the nations and observe— be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
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2 Kings 24:13–20
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
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