2 Chronicles 36 (résumé): The fall of Jerusalem

Now Josiah's son Jehoahaz became king of Judah at the age of 23 but his reign only lasted 3 months because the king of Egypt dethroned him and replaced him with his brother Eliakim whom he renamed Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim reigned for 11 years and did evil in the sight of the Lord. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon put him in bronze shackles and took him to Babylon together with articles from the temple. Jehoiakim was succeeded by his son Jehoiachin and he reigned for just 3 months and 10 days until Nebuchadnezzar took him to Babylon and replaced him with his uncle Zedekiah. He reigned for 11 years and did evil before God and did not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah who spoke God's word to him, and the nation became consistency spiritually lost. God sent messages consistently to Judah but these were not heeded and they even mocked God's messengers so that the Lord perceived that there was no remedy for the people's perverseness. Hence God brought up the king of Babylon against them and they killed the young men of Judah with the sword and many more with them. They carried off the treasures from the temple, set fire to the temple, burnt the palaces and destroyed everything of value. Those who were not killed were carried into exile in Babylon until 70 years were completed according to the word spoken by Jeremiah, until the kingdom of Persia came to power.