2 Chronicles
35:26-36:8 – The other events of
Josiah’s reign and his acts of devotion in accordance with what is written in
the Law of the Lord—all the events, from beginning to
end, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz son of Josiah
and made him king in Jerusalem in place of his father. Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became
king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. The king of Egypt
dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. The king of Egypt made
Eliakim, a brother of Jehoahaz, king over Judah and Jerusalem and changed
Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim. But Necho took Eliakim’s brother Jehoahaz and
carried him off to Egypt. Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became
king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him
with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took
to Babylon articles from the temple of the Lord and put them in his temple there. The other events of
Jehoiakim’s reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against
him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin
his son succeeded him as king.
Jeremiah
25:9 – I will summon all
the peoples of the north and my servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its
inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy them and make them an object of horror
and scorn, and an everlasting ruin.
Daniel
1:2 – And the Lord delivered
Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, along with some of the articles from the
temple of God. These he carried off to the temple of his god in
Babylonia and put in the
treasure house of his god.
Application:
- · “Servant” is used concerning Nebuchadnezzar not in the sense of “worshiper” but of “vassal” or “agent of judgment”, just as the pagan ruler Cyrus is called the Lord’s “shepherd” and His “anointed”.
- · Judah was exiled to Babylonia because she disobeyed God’s word regarding covenant-keeping, the sabbath years and idolatry.
All Scripture verses taken from NIV
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