2 Chronicles 36:5
Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.
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The destruction of Judah and Jerusalem is here coming on by degrees. God so ordered it to show that he has no pleasure in the ruin of sinners, but had rather they would turn and live, and therefore…
(1Es 1:39-42; 2Ki 23:35 to 2Ki 24:7). The Reign of Jehoiakim
5. in Jerusalem The Chronicler omits his mother's name (cp. 2Ch 36:2, note) and also the statement that he raised the indemnity imposed by…
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