2 Chronicles 36:6 meaning and explanation

Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:6, Berean Standard Bible

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The Chronicler is summarizing the last years of Judah, and this verse reports Nebuchadnezzar's first move against King Jehoiakim, who had done evil in the LORD's sight. The bronze shackles, likely fetters for a captive, show that Judah's king was now subject to Babylon rather than free.

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