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26 Now the rest of the acts of Josias and of 10 And at the return of the year, king Nabu-
his mercies, according to what was commanded chodonosor sent, and brought him to Babylon,
by the law of the Lord: carrying away at the same time the most pre-
27 And his works first and last, are written in cious vessels of the house of the Lord: and he
the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. made Sedecias his uncle king over Juda and
Jerusalem.
11 Sedecias was one and twenty years old
Chapter 36 when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven
years in Jerusalem.
Then the people of the land took Joachaz the 12 And he did evil in the eyes of the Lord his
son of Josias, and made him king instead of his
God, and did not reverence the face of Jeremias
father in Jerusalem.
the prophet speaking to him from the mouth of
2 Joachaz was three and twenty years old the Lord.
when he began to reign, and he reigned three
13 He also revolted from king Nabu-
months in Jerusalem. chodonosor, who had made him swear by God:
3 And the king of Egypt came to Jerusalem, and he hardened his neck and his heart, from
and deposed him, and condemned the land in a returning to the Lord the God of Israel.
hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. 14 Moreover all the chief of the priests, and
4 And he made Eliakim his brother king in his the people wickedly transgressed according to all
stead, over Juda and Jerusalem: and he turned the abominations of the Gentiles: and they de-
his name to Joakim: but he took Joachaz with filed the house of the Lord, which he had sanc-
him and carried him away into Egypt. tified to himself in Jerusalem.
5 Joakim was five and twenty years old when 15 And the Lord the God of their fathers sent
he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in to them, by the hand of his messengers, rising
Jerusalem: and he did evil before the Lord his early, and daily admonishing them: because he
God. spared his people and his dwelling place.
6 Against him came up Nabuchodonosor king 16 But they mocked the messengers of
of the Chaldeans, and led him bound in chains God, and despised his words, and misused the
into Babylon. prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose
7 And he carried also thither the vessels of the against his people, and there was no remedy.
Lord, and put them in his temple. 17 For he brought upon them the king of the
8 But the rest of the acts of Joakim, and Chaldeans, and he slew their young men with
his abominations, which he wrought, and the the sword in the house of his sanctuary, he had
things that were found in him, are contained in no compassion on young man, or maiden, old
the book of the kings of Juda and Israel. And man or even him that stooped for age, but he
Joachin his son reigned in his stead. delivered them all into his hands.
9 Joachin was eight years old when he began 18 And all the vessels of the house of Lord,
to reign, and he reigned three months and ten great and small, and the treasures of the temple
days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of and of the king, and of the princes he carried
the Lord. away to Babylon.