2 Chronicles 36:10

36:10 At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought ¹  to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place he made his relative ²  Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:13

36:13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him vow allegiance ³  in the name of God. He was stubborn and obstinate, and refused to return ⁴  to the Lord God of Israel.

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¹ tn Heb “sent and brought him.”

² tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”).

³ tn Or “made him swear an oath.”

⁴ tn Heb “and he stiffened his neck and strengthened his heart from returning.”