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2 Chronicles 36:6
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The Chronicler records this event during the final collapse of Judah’s monarchy, noting Nebuchadnezzar’s military campaign against King Jehoiakim after his eleven-year reign of evil.
The words — עָלָה ('alah) literally means “he came up” or marched against, while נְחֻשְׁתַּיִם (nechushhtayim) denotes “bronze fetters” or shackles used to bind a captive.
The thread — This campaign fulfills the invasion recorded in 2 Kings 24:1, parallels the earlier capture of Manasseh in 2 Chronicles 33:11, and directly precedes the plundering of temple vessels in 2 Chronicles 36:7.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that royal rebellion against God produces concrete historical consequences, recorded without excuse or elaboration.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Cross-references
- 2 Chronicles 33:11 So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
- 2 Kings 24:5 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 24:13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.
- Jeremiah 25:9 behold, I will summon all the families of the north, declares the LORD, and I will send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, whom I will bring against this land, against its residents, and against all the surrounding nations. So I will devote them to destruction and make them an object of horror and contempt, an everlasting desolation.
- Ezekiel 19:5 When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
- Daniel 1:1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
- Habakkuk 1:5 “Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.