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2 Chronicles 36:6

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made war against him, and bound him in bronze chains, intending to take him prisoner to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took things from The Temple of God to Babylon and put them in his royal palace.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Babylon;   Fetters;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Chronicles, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoiakim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoiakim;   Jerusalem;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Zephaniah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Exile;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoiakim ;   Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Necho;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnez'zar,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Jehoiakim;   Seventy Years;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Daniel, Book of;   Fetters;   Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
Hebrew Names Version
Against him came up Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Bavel.
King James Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
English Standard Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.
New Century Version
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Judah, captured Jehoiakim, put bronze chains on him, and took him to Babylon.
New English Translation
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
Amplified Bible
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze [chains] to take him to Babylon.
New American Standard Bible
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
World English Bible
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Geneva Bible (1587)
Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel, and bounde him with chaines to cary him to Babel.
Legacy Standard Bible
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to lead him off to Babylon.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
Contemporary English Version
During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah. He arrested Jehoiakim and put him in chains, and he sent him to the capital city of Babylon.
Complete Jewish Bible
N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel attacked him and bound him in chains to carry him off to Bavel.
Darby Translation
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him with chains of brass to carry him to Babylon.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon attacked Judah. He made Jehoiakim a prisoner and put bronze chains on him. Then Nebuchadnezzar took King Jehoiakim to Babylon.
George Lamsa Translation
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in chains to carry him to Babylon.
Good News Translation
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in chains.
Lexham English Bible
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up against him, and he bound him with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon.
Literal Translation
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to take him away to Babylon.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon wente vp agaynst him, and bounde him with cheynes, to cary him vnto Babilon.
American Standard Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Bible in Basic English
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and took him away in chains to Babylon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Against him came vp Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and bounde hym with two chaynes, to cary him to Babylon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
King James Version (1611)
Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, and bound him in fetters to cary him to Babylon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him with brazen fetters, and carried him away to Babylon.
English Revised Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nabugodonosor, kyng of Caldeis, styede ayens this Joakym, and ledde hym boundun with chaynes in to Babiloyne.
Update Bible Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Webster's Bible Translation
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
New King James Version
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
New Living Translation
Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and captured it, and he bound Jehoiakim in bronze chains and led him away to Babylon.
New Life Bible
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against him and tied him with brass chains to take him to Babylon.
New Revised Standard
Against him King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up, and bound him with fetters to take him to Babylon.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Against him, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, - and bound him in fetters of bronze, to carry him to Babylon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Against him came up Nabuchodonosor king of the Chaldeans, and led him bound in chains into Babylon.
Revised Standard Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.
Young's Literal Translation
against him hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and bindeth him in brazen fetters to take him away to Babylon.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Contextual Overview

1 By popular choice, Jehoahaz son of Josiah was made king at Jerusalem, succeeding his father. 2Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to rule. He was king in Jerusalem for a mere three months. The king of Egypt dethroned him and forced the country to pay him nearly four tons of silver and seventy-five pounds of gold. 4 Neco king of Egypt then made Eliakim, Jehoahaz's brother, king of Judah and Jerusalem, but changed his name to Jehoiakim; then he took Jehoahaz back with him to Egypt. 5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to rule; he was king for eleven years in Jerusalem. In God 's opinion he was an evil king. 6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made war against him, and bound him in bronze chains, intending to take him prisoner to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took things from The Temple of God to Babylon and put them in his royal palace. 8 The rest of the history of Jehoiakim, the outrageous sacrilege he committed and what happened to him as a consequence, is all written in the Royal Annals of the Kings of Israel and Judah. Jehoiachin his son became the next king. 9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. But he ruled for only three months and ten days in Jerusalem. In God 's opinion he was an evil king. In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him brought to Babylon along with the valuables remaining in The Temple of God . Then he made his uncle Zedekiah a puppet king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3397, bc 607

came up: 2 Kings 24:1, 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:5, 2 Kings 24:6, 2 Kings 24:13-20, Ezekiel 19:5-9, Daniel 1:1, Daniel 1:2, Habakkuk 1:5-10

fetters: or, chains

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah 2 Kings 25:7 - bound him 2 Chronicles 25:23 - took Amaziah Ezra 5:12 - into the hand Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Isaiah 7:17 - bring upon Jeremiah 4:21 - shall I Jeremiah 22:19 - General Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 19:4 - he was Ezekiel 19:9 - and brought Habakkuk 1:6 - I raise Habakkuk 1:10 - scoff

Cross-References

Genesis 32:3
Then Jacob sent messengers on ahead to his brother Esau in the land of Seir in Edom. He instructed them: "Tell my master Esau this, ‘A message from your servant Jacob: I've been staying with Laban and couldn't get away until now. I've acquired cattle and donkeys and sheep; also men and women servants. I'm telling you all this, my master, hoping for your approval.'"
Ezekiel 27:13
"‘Greece, Tubal, and Meshech did business with you, trading slaves and bronze for your products.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 36:6. Came up Nebuchadnezzar2 Kings 24:1. Archbishop Usher believes that Jehoiakim remained three years after this tributary to the Chaldeans, and that it is from this period that the seventy years' captivity, predicted by Jeremiah, is to be reckoned.


 
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