2 Chronicles 36:5-7

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⁵ Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king.^[a] He ruled for 11 years as king in Jerusalem. He did things that the Lord his God said were evil. ⁶ While he was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Judah. He took hold of King Jehoiakim. He tied bronze chains around him and he took him away to Babylon. ⁷ King Nebuchadnezzar took some valuable things from the Lord's temple. He took them to Babylon and he put them in his palace there.