Message Notes

(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!