2 Chronicles · Chapter 36

[ edit] Toke þanne þe puple of þe lond Joachaz, þe ſone of Jozie, and ſetten king for his fader in Jeruſalem. Of þre and twenty ȝeer was Joachaz, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and þre moneþis he regnede in Jeruſalem. Forſoþe þe king of Egipt, whanne he was commen to Jeruſalem, remeuede hym, and condempnede þe lond in an hundriþ talentis of ſyluer and a talent of gold. And he ſette king for hym Elyachyn, his broþer, vpon Judam and Jeruſalem; and he turnede his name Joachym. Hym forſoþe Joachaz he toke wiþ hym, and brouȝt in to Egipt. Of fyue and twenty ȝeer was Joachym, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and elleuen ȝeer he regnede in Jeruſalem, and he dide euyl beforn þe Lord his God.

Aȝeins þis ſteiȝid up Nabugodonoſor, king of Caldeis, and bounden wiþ cheynes ladde in to Babyloyne. To þe whiche and þe veſſels of þe Lord he tranſlatide, and putte hem in his temple. Þe remnaunt forſoþe of þe wordis of Joachym, and his abomynaciouns þat he wrouȝte, and þat ben founden in hym, ben contened in þe boke of þe kingus of Irael and of Juda. Þanne Joachym, his ſone, regnede for hym. Of eiȝt ȝeer was Joachym, whanne he hadde begunn to regnen, and þre moneþis and tenn days he regned in Jeruſalem, and he dide euyl in þe ſiȝt of þe Lord.

And whanne þe cercle of oo ȝeer were turned, king Nabugodonoſor ſente hem, þe whiche and brouȝten hym into Babiloyne, born awey togider þe moſt precious veſſels of þe hous of þe Lord. Forſoþe he ſette Sedechie, his vncle, kyng vpon Judam and Jeruſalem. And of oon and twenty ȝeer was Sedechias, whanne he hadde begunne to regnen, and elleuen ȝeer he regned in Jeruſalem. And he dide euyl in þe eeȝen of þe Lord his God, ne he ſchamyde þe face of Jeremye, þe prophete, ſpekinge to hym of þe mouþ of þe Lord. Alſo fro king Nabugodonoſor he wente awei, þe whiche hadde adiurede hym bi God; and he endurede his nolle and herte, þat he were not turnede aȝein to þe Lord God of Irael.

Bot and alle þe princis of preſtis and þe puple treſpaſeden wickidly, after alle þe abomynaciouns of gentilis; and þei defouleden þe hous of þe Lord, þat he halowede to hym in Jeruſalem. Þe Lord forſoþe God of þeir fadirs ſente to hem bi þe hond of his meſſagers, fro nyȝt rijſyng, and eche day togydre moneſtynge; forþi þat he wolde ſparen to þe puple, and to his dwellynge place. And þei vndremoweden þe meſſagers of God, and diſpiſeden his wordis, and ſcorneden to þe prophetis; to þe tyme þat ſchulde ſteiȝ vp þe woodneſſe of þe Lord vpon his puple, and were no medecyne.

And he brouȝt vpon hem þe king of Caldeis; and he ſlowȝ þe ȝong men of hem wiþ ſwerd in þe hous of þe ſeyntuarye; and he hadde not reuþ of þe ȝong waxe man, and of þe meyden, and of þe olde man, ne forſoþe of þe ful feble for eeld, bot alle he toke in his hondis. And alle þe veſſels of þe hous of þe Lord, boþe more and laſſe, and þe treſores of þe temple, and of þe kyng, and of þe princis, he bare ouer in to Babiloyne.

Enmyes brenden up þe hous of þe Lord, diſtruyeden þe wal of Jeruſalem, alle þe toures brenden, and whateuer was precyous þei waaſtiden. Ȝif eny hadde ſcapid þe ſwerd, lad in to Babyloyne, ſeruede to þe king and his ſonus; to þe tyme þat þe kyng of Perſis hadde empyre, and were fulfild þe word of þe Lord of þe mouþ of Jeremye, and þe lond ſchulde halowen þeir holy days. Forſoþe alle þe days of deſolacioun he dide ſaboþ, vnto þe whijl ſeuenty ȝeer weren fulfild.

Forſoþe þe firſt ȝeer of Cirus, kyng of Perſis, to fulfille þe word of þe Lord, þat he hadde ſpoken by þe mouþ of Jeremye, þe Lord ſtired þe ſpirite of Cirus, kyng of Perſis, þat comaundide to ben prechide to al his rewme alſo by ſcripture, ſeyinge, Þes þingus ſeiþ Cirus, kyng of Perſis, Alle þe rewmes of þe erþ ȝaf to me þe Lord God of heuen, and he comaundide to me, þat I ſchulde bilde up to hym an hous in Jeruſalem, þe whiche is in Jude. Who of ȝou is in al þe puple of hym? be þe Lord his God wiþ hym, and ſteiȝe he up. Here endiþ þe ſecounde book of Paralypomenon