1 The people made Jehoahaz, the son of Josiah, the king in Jerusalem. ️ 2 Jehoahaz was 23 years old. He was king for 3 months in Jerusalem. ⏳ 3 The king of Egypt took Jehoahaz away. He made the land pay silver and gold. ♂️ 4 The Egypt king made Eliakim the king. He changed his name to Jehoiakim. He took Jehoahaz to Egypt. ✏️✈️ 5 Jehoiakim was 25 years old. He was king for 11 years. He did bad to God. ⚠️ 6 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came. He tied Jehoiakim with chains and took him to Babylon. ➡️️ 7 He took the things from God’s house to Babylon. He put them in his own god house. ➡️️ 8 More things that Jehoiakim did are in the book of the kings. His son Jehoiachin became king. 9 Jehoiachin was 8 years old. He was king for 3 months and 10 days. He did bad to God. ⏳ 10 At the new year, Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon. He took fine things from God’s house too. He made Zedekiah the king. 11 Zedekiah was 21. He was king for 11 years in Jerusalem. 12 Zedekiah did bad to God. He would not listen to God’s man, Jeremiah. ️ 13 He broke his promise to King Nebuchadnezzar. He was hard and would not turn to God. ✋ 14 The leaders and the people did many bad things. They made God’s house dirty. ⛪ 15 God was kind. God sent many helpers to say, “Stop doing bad,” again and again. ⏰ 16 But the people laughed at God’s helpers. They did not listen. They were mean to God’s helpers. At last, God was very angry. 17 So God let the king of Babylon come with his army. They hurt many people, young and old. ⚔️ 18 They took all the gold and things from God’s house and the king’s house to Babylon. ➡️️ 19 They burned God’s house. They broke the city wall. They burned big houses and broke good things. ️ 20 The people left alive were taken to Babylon. They were servants there until Persia became king. ♀️➡️️ 21 This was like what God said by Jeremiah. The land rested for 70 years. 7️⃣0️⃣ 22 Then Cyrus, the king of Persia, became king. God made Cyrus want to help. He made a rule and wrote it down. 23 Cyrus said, “God is the big God of the sky. He gave me many lands. He wants me to build a house for Him in Jerusalem. If you are God’s people, go up and build. God be with you.” ️⛪⬆️