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Geneva Bible

2 Chronicles 36:6

Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel, and bounde him with chaines to cary him to Babel.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Babylon;   Fetters;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Jehoiakim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Chronicles, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoiakim;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoiakim;   Jerusalem;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Zephaniah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Exile;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Jehoiakim ;   Nebuchadnezzar, or Nebuchadrezzar ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Necho;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnez'zar,;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Captivity;   Jehoiakim;   Seventy Years;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Daniel, Book of;   Fetters;   Jehoiakim;   Nebuchadnezzar;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
Hebrew Names Version
Against him came up Nevukhadnetztzar king of Bavel, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Bavel.
King James Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
English Standard Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and bound him in chains to take him to Babylon.
New Century Version
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Judah, captured Jehoiakim, put bronze chains on him, and took him to Babylon.
New English Translation
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him with bronze chains, and carried him away to Babylon.
Amplified Bible
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze [chains] to take him to Babylon.
New American Standard Bible
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
World English Bible
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Legacy Standard Bible
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to lead him off to Babylon.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
Contemporary English Version
During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah. He arrested Jehoiakim and put him in chains, and he sent him to the capital city of Babylon.
Complete Jewish Bible
N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel attacked him and bound him in chains to carry him off to Bavel.
Darby Translation
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him with chains of brass to carry him to Babylon.
Easy-to-Read Version
King Nebuchadnezzar from Babylon attacked Judah. He made Jehoiakim a prisoner and put bronze chains on him. Then Nebuchadnezzar took King Jehoiakim to Babylon.
George Lamsa Translation
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in chains to carry him to Babylon.
Good News Translation
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, captured Jehoiakim, and took him to Babylonia in chains.
Lexham English Bible
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up against him, and he bound him with bronze fetters to bring him to Babylon.
Literal Translation
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to take him away to Babylon.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Nabuchodonosor the kynge of Babilon wente vp agaynst him, and bounde him with cheynes, to cary him vnto Babilon.
American Standard Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Bible in Basic English
Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, and took him away in chains to Babylon.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Against him came vp Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon, and bounde hym with two chaynes, to cary him to Babylon.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
King James Version (1611)
Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babylon, and bound him in fetters to cary him to Babylon.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him with brazen fetters, and carried him away to Babylon.
English Revised Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Nabugodonosor, kyng of Caldeis, styede ayens this Joakym, and ledde hym boundun with chaynes in to Babiloyne.
Update Bible Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
Webster's Bible Translation
Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.
New King James Version
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
New Living Translation
Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to Jerusalem and captured it, and he bound Jehoiakim in bronze chains and led him away to Babylon.
New Life Bible
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against him and tied him with brass chains to take him to Babylon.
New Revised Standard
Against him King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up, and bound him with fetters to take him to Babylon.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Against him, came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, - and bound him in fetters of bronze, to carry him to Babylon.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Against him came up Nabuchodonosor king of the Chaldeans, and led him bound in chains into Babylon.
Revised Standard Version
Against him came up Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters to take him to Babylon.
Young's Literal Translation
against him hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and bindeth him in brazen fetters to take him away to Babylon.
THE MESSAGE
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made war against him, and bound him in bronze chains, intending to take him prisoner to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took things from The Temple of God to Babylon and put them in his royal palace.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Contextual Overview

1 Then the people of the lande tooke Iehoahaz the sonne of Iosiah, and made him king in his fathers steade in Ierusalem. 2 Iehoahaz was three and twentie yeere old when he began to reigne, and he reigned three moneths in Ierusalem. 3 And the King of Egypt tooke him away at Ierusalem, and condemned the lande in an hundreth talents of siluer, and a talent of gold. 4 And the King of Egypt made Eliakim his brother King ouer Iudah and Ierusalem, and turned his name to Iehoiakim: and Necho tooke Iehoahaz his brother, and caryed him to Egypt. 5 Iehoiakim was fiue and twentie yeere old, when he began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeere in Ierusalem, and did euill in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 Against him came vp Nebuchadnezzar King of Babel, and bounde him with chaines to cary him to Babel. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also caryed of the vessels of the house of the Lorde to Babel, and put them in his Temple at Babel. 8 Concerning the rest of the actes of Iehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was founde vpon him, behold, they are written in the booke of the Kings of Israel and Iudah, and Iehoiachin his sonne reigned in his stead. 9 Iehoiachin was eight yeere olde when he beganne to reigne, and he reigned three moneths and ten dayes in Ierusalem, and did euill in the sight of the Lorde. 10 And when the yeere was out, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babel with the precious vessels of the house of the Lorde, and he made Zedekiah his brother King ouer Iudah and Ierusalem.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

am 3397, bc 607

came up: 2 Kings 24:1, 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:5, 2 Kings 24:6, 2 Kings 24:13-20, Ezekiel 19:5-9, Daniel 1:1, Daniel 1:2, Habakkuk 1:5-10

fetters: or, chains

Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah 2 Kings 25:7 - bound him 2 Chronicles 25:23 - took Amaziah Ezra 5:12 - into the hand Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Isaiah 7:17 - bring upon Jeremiah 4:21 - shall I Jeremiah 22:19 - General Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 19:4 - he was Ezekiel 19:9 - and brought Habakkuk 1:6 - I raise Habakkuk 1:10 - scoff

Cross-References

Genesis 12:5
Then Abram tooke Sarai his wife, & Lot his brothers sonne, and all their substance that they possessed, and the soules that they had gotten in Haran, & they departed, to goe to the land of Canaan: & to the land of Canaan they came.
Genesis 13:6
So that the land coulde not beare them, that they might dwell together: for their substance was great, so that they coulde not dwell together.
Genesis 13:11
Then Lot chose vnto him all the plaine of Iorden, and tooke his iourney from the East: and they departed the one from the other.
Genesis 17:8
And I will giue thee and thy seede after thee the land, wherein thou art a stranger, euen all the land of Canaan, for an euerlasting possession, and I will be their God.
Genesis 25:23
And the Lord sayd to her, Two nations are in thy wombe, and two maner of people shalbe diuided out of thy bowels, and the one people shall be mightier then the other, and the elder shall serue the yonger.
Genesis 28:4
And giue thee the blessing of Abraham, euen to thee & to thy seede with thee, that thou mayest inherite the lande (wherein thou art a stranger,) which God gaue vnto Abraham.
Genesis 32:3
Then Iaakob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother, vnto the land of Seir into the countrey of Edom:
Ezekiel 27:13
They of Iauan, Tubal and Meshech were thy marchants, concerning the liues of men, and they brought vessels of brasse for thy marchadise.
Revelation 18:13
And of cinamon, and odours, and ointments, and frankincense, and wine, and oyle, and fine floure, and wheate, and beastes, and sheepe, and horses, and charets, and seruants, and soules of men.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Chronicles 36:6. Came up Nebuchadnezzar2 Kings 24:1. Archbishop Usher believes that Jehoiakim remained three years after this tributary to the Chaldeans, and that it is from this period that the seventy years' captivity, predicted by Jeremiah, is to be reckoned.


 
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