II Chronicles 36

vayyiqkhu am-ha'arets et-yeho'akhaz ben-yoshiyyahu vayyamlikhuhu takhat-aviv birushalai͏m

The people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah and made him king instead of his father in Jerusalem.

ben-shalosh ve'esrim shanah yo'akhaz bemolkho usheloshah khodashim malakh birushalai͏m

Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

vayesirehu melekh-mitsrayim birushalai͏m vayya'anosh et-ha'arets me'ah khikkar-kesef vekhikkar zahav

The king of Egypt deposed him in Jerusalem and laid a fine on the land of 100 silver talents and one gold talent.

vayyamlekh melekh-mitsrayim et-elyaqim akhiv al-yehudah virushalai͏m vayyassev et-shemo yehoyaqim ve'et-yo'akhaz akhiv laqakh nekho vayevi'ehu mitsrayemah

The king of Egypt made his brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; Necho took his brother Joahaz and brought him to Egypt.

ben-esrim vekhamesh shanah yehoyaqim bemolkho ve'akhat esreh shanah malakh birushalai͏m vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai elohayw

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; he did what was displeasing to the ETERNAL his God.

alayw alah nevukhadnetsar melekh bavel vayya'asrehu bankhushtayim leholikho bavelah

King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched against him; he bound him in fetters to convey him to Babylon.

umikkele bet Adonai hevi nevukhadnetsar levavel vayyittenem behekhalo bevavel

Nebuchadnezzar also brought some vessels of the House of GOD to Babylon, and set them in his palace in Babylon.

veyeter divre yehoyaqim veto'avotayw asher-asah vehannimtsa alayw hinnam ketuvim al-sefer malkhe yisra'el vihudah vayyimlokh yehoyakhin beno takhtayw

The other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, and the abominable things he did, and what was found against him, are recorded in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.

ben-shemoneh shanim yehoyakhin bemolkho usheloshah khodashim va'aseret yamim malakh birushalai͏m vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; he did what was displeasing to GOD.

velitshuvat hashanah shalakh hammelekh nevukhadnetsar vayevi'ehu vavelah im-kele khemdat bet-Adonai vayyamlekh et-tsidqiyyahu akhiv al-yehudah virushalai͏m

At the turn of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent to have him brought to Babylon with the precious vessels of the House of GOD, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

ben-esrim ve'akhat shanah tsidqiyyahu vemolkho ve'akhat esreh shanah malakh birushalai͏m

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

vayya'as hara be'ene Adonai elohayw lo nikhna millifne yirmeyahu hannavi mippi Adonai

He did what was displeasing to the ETERNAL his God; he did not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke for GOD.

vegam bammelekh nevukhadnetsar marad asher hishbi'o belohim vayyeqesh et-orpo vaye'ammets et-levavo mishuv el-Adonai elohe yisra'el

He also rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar, who made him take an oath by God; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart so as not to turn to the ETERNAL God of Israel.

gam kol-sare hakkohanim veha'am hirbu (lmvl) [limol-]ma'al kekhol to'avot haggoyim vayetamme'u et-bet Adonai asher hiqdish birushalai͏m

All the officers of the priests and the people committed many trespasses, following all the abominable practices of the nations. They polluted the House of GOD that had been consecrated in Jerusalem.

vayyishlakh Adonai elohe avotehem alehem beyad malakhayw hashkem veshaloakh ki-khamal al-ammo ve'al-me'ono

The ETERNAL God of their ancestors had sent word to them through messengers daily without fail, having taken pity on the people and on the temple.

vayyihyu malivim bemalakhe ha'elohim uvozim devarayw umittate'im binvi'ayw ad alot khamat-Adonai be'ammo ad-le'en marpe

But they mocked the messengers of God and disdained those words and taunted those prophets until GOD’s wrath against this people grew beyond remedy.

vayya'al alehem et-melekh (khshdyym) [kasdim] vayyaharog bakhurehem bakherev bevet miqdasham velo khamal al-bakhur uvetulah zaqen veyashesh hakkol natan beyado

[God] therefore brought the king of the Chaldeans upon them, who killed their youths by the sword in their sanctuary; neither youth nor maiden, elder, or graybeard were spared—all were delivered into his hands.

vekhol kele bet ha'elohim haggedolim vehaqqetannim ve'otserot bet Adonai ve'otserot hammelekh vesarayw hakkol hevi vavel

All the vessels of the House of God, large and small, and the treasures of the House of GOD and the treasures of the king and his officers were all brought to Babylon.

vayyisrefu et-bet ha'elohim vayenattetsu et khomat yerushalai͏m vekhol-armenoteha sarefu va'esh vekhol-kele makhamaddeha lehashkhit

They burned the House of God and tore down the wall of Jerusalem, burned down all its mansions, and consigned all its precious objects to destruction.

vayyegel hashe'erit min-hakherev el-bavel vayyihyu-lo ulevanayw la'avadim ad-melokh malkhut paras

Those who survived the sword he exiled to Babylon, and they became his and his sons’ servants till the rise of the Persian kingdom,

lemallovt devar-Adonai befi yirmeyahu ad-ratsetah ha'arets et-shabbetoteha kol-yeme hoshammah shavatah lemallovt shivim shanah

in fulfillment of the word of GOD spoken by Jeremiah, until the land paid back its sabbaths; as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, till seventy years were completed.

uvishnat akhat lekhoresh melekh paras likhlot devar-Adonai befi yirmeyahu he'ir Adonai et-ruakh koresh melekh-paras vayya'aver-qol bekhol-malkhuto vegam-bemikhtav lemor

And in the first year of King Cyrus of Persia, when the word of GOD spoken by Jeremiah was fulfilled, GOD roused the spirit of King Cyrus of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his realm by word of mouth and in writing, as follows:

koh-amar koresh melekh paras kol-mamlekhot ha'arets natan li Adonai elohe hashamayim vehu-faqad alay livnot-lo vayit birushalai͏m asher bihudah mi-vakhem mikkol-ammo Adonai elohayw immo veya'al

“Thus said King Cyrus of Persia: The ETERNAL God of Heaven has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and has charged me with building a house [of God] in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. May the ETERNAL God be with those of you among this people who wish to go up.”