Text: 2 Chronicles 36:5
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 23:36
Subject: rule of Jehoiakim
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts introduce Jehoiakim's eleven-year reign with the negative evaluation "he did evil in the sight of the LORD." Kings provides the fuller account, including his taxation of the people and his confrontation with Jeremiah (cf. Jer 36). The Chronicler in 2 Chronicles 36:5-6 adds the detail that "Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him in bronze chains to take him to Babylon" — a detail absent from Kings, suggesting a deportation or attempted deportation of Jehoiakim himself, alongside the temple vessel removals that both accounts imply.