2 Chronicles 36:5

Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

Jehoiakim {H3079} was twenty {H6242} and five {H2568} years {H8141} old {H1121} when he began to reign {H4427}, and he reigned {H4427} eleven {H259}{H6240} years {H8141} in Jerusalem {H3389}: and he did {H6213} that which was evil {H7451} in the sight {H5869} of the LORD {H3068} his God {H430}.

Y'hoyakim was twenty-five years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for eleven years in Yerushalayim. He did what was evil from the perspective of ADONAI his God.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah his God.

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Cross-References

  • 2 Kings 23:36 (4 votes)

    Jehoiakim [was] twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

  • 2 Kings 23:37 (4 votes)

    And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

  • Jeremiah 26:1 (3 votes)

    ¶ In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word from the LORD, saying,

  • Jeremiah 22:13 (3 votes)

    Woe unto him that buildeth his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by wrong; [that] useth his neighbour's service without wages, and giveth him not for his work;

  • Jeremiah 22:19 (3 votes)

    He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 36:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, [that] this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

  • Jeremiah 35:1 (2 votes)

    ¶ The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,