DEMISE OF JEHOIAKIM
Text: 2 Kings 24:8-20; 25; 2 Chronicles 36
24 May 2011
(I) DEMISE OF JEHOIAKIM
1. He was taken captive and deported to Babylon (2 Chronicles 36:6)
2. He died in captivity (2 Kings 24:6)
(II) KING JEHOIACHIN
1. He was the son of Jehoiakim
2. He also choose to do evil (2 Kings 24:9)
(III) KING NEBUCHADNEZZAR
1. Besieged Jerusalem (2 Kings 24:11)
2. Jehoiachin taken captive (2 Kings 24:12)
(IV) BROUGHT TO CAPTIVITY IN BABYLON
1. Treasures of the royal palace (2 Kings 24:13a)
2. Golden treasures of Solomon for the temple cut into pieces (2 Kings 24:13b)
3. Mighty men of Judah (2 Kings 24:14a)
4. Craftsmen and smiths (2 Kings 24:14b)
5. Royal family (2 Kings 24:14c)
(V) DIFFERENCES IN FIGURES
1. Age of Jehoiachin
a) He became king at 18 years of age (2 Kings 24:8)
b) He became king at 8 years of age (2 Chronicles 36:9)
2. Number of people taken captive
a) 10,000 (2 Kings 24:14)
b) 7000 (2 Kings 24:16)
(VI) LAST KING OF JUDAH
1. Mattaniah, uncle of Jehoiachin (2 Kings 24:17)
2. Name-change: Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:17)
3. He too chose to do evil (2 Kings 24:18)
a) He reigned 11 years
b) He rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar (2 Kings 24:20)
(VII) THE FALL AND CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH
2 Kings 25; 2 Chronicles 36:15-23
1. Rebellion of King Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:20)
2. Siege of Jerusalem
a) Famine in the city (2 Kings 25:3)
b) City wall broken down (2 Kings 25:4, 8)
c) Zedekiah tried to escape but was captured (2 Kings 25:4-5)
d) Sons of Zedekiah put to death (2 Kings 25:7)
e) Zedekiah made blind and brought to Babylon (2 Kings 25:7)
3. Destruction of Jerusalem
a) The temple (2 Kings 25:8)
b) The palaces (2 Kings 25:8)
c) Many houses (2 Kings 25:8)
d) Temple treasures taken to Babylon (2 Kings 25:13-17)
(VIII) GEDELIAH- GOVERNOR OF JUDAH
2 Kings 25:22-26
He was appointed governor but was assassinated (2 Kings 25:22-26)
(IX) A GLIMMER OF HOPE
2 Chronicles 36:22-23
King Cyrus allowed the exiled Jews to return to Jerusalem!