36:5 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 1 He did evil in the sight of 2 the Lord his God. 36:6 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, 3 bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away 4 to Babylon. 36:7 Nebuchadnezzar took some of the items in the Lord’s temple to Babylon and put them in his palace 5 there. 6
1 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
2 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
3 tn Heb “came up against him.”
4 tn Heb “to carry him away.”
5 tn Or “temple.”
6 tn Heb “in Babylon.” Repeating the proper name “Babylon” here would be redundant in contemporary English, so “there” has been used in the translation.