Josiah continued his destruction of the idols, altars, and shrines that had been built to false gods all throughout Judah. He even reinstated the celebration of the Passover. Still, God was angry with the people. Josiah died in battle and the people of Jerusalem anointed his son, Jehoahaz king. He was 23 when he was made king and ruled 3 months. Jehoahaz disobeyed the Lord and Neco the King of Egypt had him arrested and put in prison, where he died. Neco forced the people to pay him gold and silver and he appointed Josiah's son Eliakim king of Judah and changed his name to Jehoiakim.
During the reign of Jehoiakim which lasted 11 years, king Nebuchadnezzar invaded Judah and defeated king Neco of Egypt. The Lord sent troops which dismantled Judah, and just as had been prophesyed, all was taken to Babylon. Jehoiakim died and his son Jehoiachin was made king. He was 18 years old and ruled 3 months. Right after Jehoiachin became king, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to Jerusalem and arrested Jehoiachin and took him and his family to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiakim's uncle as king and changed his name to Zedekiah. He too ruled for 11 years and disobeyed God. After 9 years, Nebuchadnezzar returned and the rest of Jerusalem was captured and destroyed. The temple and palace were dismantled and stripped of all that was valuable, the rest was burned. Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah as ruler of the few people left in Judah. He was killed 2 months later by Ishmael and his cronies. After Nebuchadnezzar died, Evil-Merodach became king of Babylonia and he let Jehoichin out of prison and treated him better.
1Chronicles begins with a genealogy of Adam to Noah and continues with a list of the descendants of Japheth, Ham and Shem, his sons.
Tomorrow read 1Chronicles 1:17-3:9
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