1.

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem.

the people: 2 Chronicles 26:1, 2 Chronicles 33:25, 2 Kings 23:30-37
Jehoahaz: 2 Kings 23:31-34, 1 Chronicles 3:15, Jeremiah 22:11
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah 2 Chronicles 22:1 - the inhabitants Ezra 2:1 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 7:6 - whom Nebuchadnezzar Nehemiah 9:32 - on our kings Psalms 80:13 - The boar Proverbs 28:2 - the transgression Jeremiah 50:17 - this Ezekiel 19:3 - it became Matthew 1:11 - Jechonias

2.

Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:30 - the people Ecclesiastes 10:16 - when Isaiah 3:4 - children Ezekiel 19:3 - it became

3.

And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

put him down: Heb. removed him, 2 Kings 23:33
condemned: Heb. mulcted
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:34 - Eliakim Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Jeremiah 4:21 - shall I Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Zephaniah 3:7 - howsoever

4.

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

made Eliakim: 2 Kings 23:34, 2 Kings 23:35, 1 Chronicles 3:15
Necho: Jeremiah 22:10-12, Ezekiel 19:3, Ezekiel 19:4
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 23:33 - put him 2 Kings 24:17 - changed Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Isaiah 5:5 - I will take Jeremiah 22:13 - unto Jeremiah 26:1 - General

5.

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

Jehoiakim: 2 Kings 23:36, 2 Kings 23:37, Jeremiah 22:13-19, Jeremiah 26:21-23, Jeremiah 36:1, Jeremiah 36:27-32
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 17:7 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah 2 Chronicles 28:5 - his God Ecclesiastes 2:21 - whose Ecclesiastes 10:16 - when Isaiah 3:4 - children Jeremiah 1:3 - It came also Jeremiah 26:1 - General Jeremiah 35:1 - in the Ezekiel 19:6 - he went Daniel 1:1 - General Daniel 2:1 - in

6.

Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

am 3397, bc 607
came up: 2 Kings 24:1, 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:5, 2 Kings 24:6, 2 Kings 24:13-20, Ezekiel 19:5-9, Daniel 1:1, Daniel 1:2, Habakkuk 1:5-10
fetters: or, chains
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah 2 Kings 25:7 - bound him 2 Chronicles 25:23 - took Amaziah Ezra 5:12 - into the hand Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Isaiah 7:17 - bring upon Jeremiah 4:21 - shall I Jeremiah 22:19 - General Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 19:4 - he was Ezekiel 19:9 - and brought Habakkuk 1:6 - I raise Habakkuk 1:10 - scoff

7.

Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

am 3398, bc 606
the vessels: 2 Kings 24:13, Ezra 1:7-11, Jeremiah 27:16-18, Jeremiah 28:3, Daniel 5:2-4
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:10 - goodly vessels 2 Chronicles 36:18 - all the vessels Ezra 5:14 - the vessels Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Jeremiah 4:21 - shall I Jeremiah 51:44 - I will bring Daniel 1:2 - with part

8.

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

am 3394-3405, bc 610-599
written: 2 Kings 24:5, 2 Kings 24:6
Jehoiachin: 1 Chronicles 3:16, 1 Chronicles 3:17, Jeconiah, Jeremiah 22:24, Jeremiah 22:28, Coniah, Matthew 1:11, Matthew 1:12, Jechonias
Reciprocal: Jeremiah 22:17 - to shed

9.

Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.

am 3405, bc 599
eight years old: The Syriac, Arabic, and the parallel place - see note on 2 Kings 24:8, have "eighteen years;" which, as Scaliger observes, is no doubt the genuine reading.
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:14 - Jerusalem 1 Chronicles 3:16 - Jeconiah 1 Chronicles 9:1 - carried Esther 2:6 - Jeconiah Ecclesiastes 10:16 - when Isaiah 3:4 - children Jeremiah 22:26 - General Jeremiah 29:2 - Jeconiah Jeremiah 37:1 - Coniah Ezekiel 17:3 - came Ezekiel 17:12 - Behold

10.

And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

when the year was expired: Heb. at the return of the year, king Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Kings 24:10-17, 2 Kings 25:27-30, Jeremiah 29:2, Ezekiel 1:2
goodly vessels: Heb. vessels of desire, 2 Chronicles 36:7, Jeremiah 27:18-22, Daniel 1:1, Daniel 1:2, Daniel 5:2, Daniel 5:23
Zedekiah: 2 Kings 24:17, Mattaniah his father's brother, 1 Chronicles 3:15, 1 Chronicles 3:16, Jeremiah 37:1
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 11:1 - after the year 2 Kings 14:13 - took Amaziah 2 Kings 20:17 - shall be carried 2 Kings 24:12 - Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24:14 - Jerusalem 2 Kings 24:15 - he carried 1 Chronicles 9:1 - carried 2 Chronicles 4:19 - all the vessels 2 Chronicles 25:23 - took Amaziah 2 Chronicles 36:18 - all the vessels Ezra 1:7 - Nebuchadnezzar Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar Esther 2:6 - Jeconiah Isaiah 39:6 - that all Isaiah 39:7 - of thy sons Jeremiah 4:21 - shall I Jeremiah 20:5 - I will deliver Jeremiah 21:1 - when Jeremiah 22:26 - General Jeremiah 24:1 - after Jeremiah 25:34 - pleasant vessel Jeremiah 27:20 - when Jeremiah 28:3 - that Ezekiel 17:3 - came Ezekiel 17:12 - Behold Ezekiel 19:1 - the princes Ezekiel 26:12 - thy pleasant houses Nahum 2:9 - pleasant furniture Habakkuk 1:10 - scoff Matthew 1:11 - about

11.

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

am 3405-3416, bc 599-588
one and twenty: 2 Kings 24:18-20, Jeremiah 52:1-3
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:17 - the king 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah Ecclesiastes 10:16 - when Isaiah 3:4 - children Jeremiah 1:3 - unto the end Jeremiah 27:12 - Zedekiah Jeremiah 32:1 - in the Jeremiah 34:2 - Go

12.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.

humbled: 2 Chronicles 32:26, 2 Chronicles 33:12, 2 Chronicles 33:19, 2 Chronicles 33:23, Exodus 10:3, Daniel 5:22, Daniel 5:23, James 4:10, 1 Peter 5:6
before Jeremiah: Jeremiah 21:1-10, Jeremiah 27:12-22, Jeremiah 28:1-17, Jeremiah 34:2-22, 37:2-21, Jeremiah 38:14-28
the mouth: 2 Chronicles 35:22
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 4:25 - do evil Deuteronomy 29:26 - they went 1 Samuel 15:19 - didst evil 2 Kings 24:9 - according 2 Kings 24:19 - And he did Proverbs 6:3 - go Jeremiah 34:1 - when Jeremiah 37:2 - neither Jeremiah 52:2 - he did

13.

And he also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God: but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart from turning unto the LORD God of Israel.

rebelled: 2 Kings 24:20, Jeremiah 52:2, Jeremiah 52:3, Ezekiel 17:11-20
who had: Joshua 9:15, Joshua 9:19, Joshua 9:20, 2 Samuel 21:2
stiffened: 2 Kings 17:4, Nehemiah 9:16, Nehemiah 9:17, Isaiah 48:4
hardened: Exodus 8:15, Exodus 8:32, Exodus 9:17, Nehemiah 9:29, Romans 2:4, Romans 2:5, Hebrews 3:8, Hebrews 3:13
Reciprocal: Exodus 9:34 - and hardened Deuteronomy 9:6 - a stiffnecked Joshua 2:12 - swear 2 Kings 17:14 - but hardened 2 Chronicles 30:8 - be ye not stiffnecked Ezra 4:12 - rebellious Proverbs 29:1 - hardeneth Jeremiah 27:3 - the messengers Jeremiah 43:2 - Thou speakest Ezekiel 2:4 - they Ezekiel 17:13 - taken an oath of him Ezekiel 17:15 - he rebelled Ezekiel 19:14 - fire Ezekiel 21:23 - to them that have sworn oaths Ezekiel 21:25 - profane Daniel 5:20 - hardened Zechariah 1:2 - Lord

14.

Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem.

all the chief: 2 Kings 16:10-16, Ezra 9:7, Jeremiah 5:5, Jeremiah 37:13-15, Jeremiah 38:4, Ezekiel 22:6, Ezekiel 22:26-28, Daniel 9:6, Daniel 9:8, Micah 3:1-4, Micah 3:9-11, Micah 7:2, Zephaniah 3:3, Zephaniah 3:4
very much: 2 Chronicles 28:3, 2 Chronicles 33:9
polluted: 2 Chronicles 33:4-7, Ezekiel 8:5-16
Reciprocal: Leviticus 18:27 - General Leviticus 19:30 - reverence Leviticus 26:43 - they despised Deuteronomy 12:31 - Thou 1 Kings 8:33 - because they have 1 Kings 21:26 - according to 2 Kings 17:7 - sinned 2 Kings 21:2 - after the abominations 2 Chronicles 7:7 - hallowed 2 Chronicles 12:2 - because 2 Chronicles 24:18 - wrath 2 Chronicles 29:8 - Wherefore 2 Chronicles 33:2 - like unto 2 Chronicles 34:24 - I will bring Job 34:29 - whether Isaiah 1:20 - if ye refuse Isaiah 1:23 - princes Isaiah 5:4 - General Isaiah 24:2 - as with the people Isaiah 31:6 - deeply Jeremiah 23:11 - in Jeremiah 30:15 - for the Lamentations 1:5 - for Ezekiel 5:11 - thou hast Ezekiel 7:20 - but Ezekiel 8:6 - that I Ezekiel 9:9 - The iniquity Ezekiel 11:12 - but Ezekiel 15:8 - committed a trespass Ezekiel 22:24 - General Ezekiel 24:13 - because Ezekiel 33:29 - because Amos 2:4 - because Micah 1:5 - the transgression of Jacob Matthew 2:4 - the chief

15.

And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

the Lord: 2 Chronicles 24:18-21, 2 Chronicles 33:10, 2 Kings 17:13, Jeremiah 25:3, Jeremiah 25:4, Jeremiah 26:5, Jeremiah 35:15, Jeremiah 44:4, Jeremiah 44:5
his messengers: Heb. the hand of his messengers
betimes: i.e., continually and carefully.
because: Judges 10:16, 2 Kings 13:23, Hosea 11:8, Luke 19:41-44
Reciprocal: Judges 2:17 - they would 2 Kings 17:15 - testimonies 2 Kings 21:10 - General 2 Chronicles 24:19 - Yet he sent Nehemiah 9:29 - testifiedst Nehemiah 9:30 - testifiedst Job 33:23 - a messenger Proverbs 29:1 - General Proverbs 31:15 - riseth Isaiah 7:13 - to weary Isaiah 28:10 - For precept Isaiah 30:9 - will not Isaiah 65:12 - because Jeremiah 6:10 - the word Jeremiah 7:13 - and I spake Jeremiah 7:25 - sent Jeremiah 9:7 - shall Jeremiah 13:10 - evil Jeremiah 32:33 - rising Jeremiah 35:14 - rising Ezekiel 2:3 - I send Ezekiel 3:19 - if thou Daniel 9:6 - have we Hosea 11:2 - they called Amos 2:11 - I raised Zechariah 1:4 - unto Matthew 21:34 - he sent Matthew 21:35 - General Matthew 23:30 - the blood Matthew 23:37 - how Mark 12:2 - a servant Luke 13:34 - killest Luke 20:10 - sent John 4:38 - other 2 Corinthians 5:20 - as

16.

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

mocked: 2 Chronicles 30:10, Psalms 35:16, Isaiah 28:22, Jeremiah 5:12, Jeremiah 5:13, Jeremiah 20:7, Luke 18:32, Luke 22:63, Luke 22:64, Luke 23:11, Luke 23:36, Acts 2:13, Acts 17:32, Hebrews 11:36
despised: Proverbs 1:24-30, Luke 16:14, Acts 13:41, 1 Thessalonians 4:8
misused: Jeremiah 32:3, Jeremiah 38:6, Matthew 5:12, Matthew 21:33-41, Acts 7:52
the wrath: Psalms 74:1, Psalms 79:1-5
till: Proverbs 6:15, Proverbs 29:1
remedy: Heb. healing
Reciprocal: Genesis 19:14 - as one Genesis 21:9 - mocking Leviticus 26:15 - despise Deuteronomy 6:15 - lest Deuteronomy 8:20 - so shall ye perish Joshua 23:15 - so shall Joshua 24:19 - he will not Judges 2:14 - the anger Judges 2:17 - they would 2 Samuel 24:19 - as the Lord 1 Kings 22:8 - but I hate him 2 Kings 1:10 - If I be a man 2 Kings 2:23 - mocked 2 Kings 17:13 - and against 2 Kings 17:15 - testimonies 2 Kings 21:9 - they hearkened 2 Kings 21:14 - the remnant 2 Kings 22:17 - shall not be 2 Kings 23:26 - Notwithstanding 1 Chronicles 19:4 - sent them 2 Chronicles 24:19 - Yet he sent 2 Chronicles 33:10 - General Ezra 5:12 - But after Ezra 9:7 - into the hand Nehemiah 9:26 - slew Job 33:23 - a messenger Proverbs 1:25 - ye Proverbs 5:12 - and my Proverbs 9:7 - General Proverbs 13:13 - despiseth Isaiah 5:25 - the anger Isaiah 7:13 - to weary Isaiah 27:11 - therefore Isaiah 28:10 - For precept Isaiah 30:9 - will not Isaiah 65:12 - because Jeremiah 2:30 - your own sword Jeremiah 6:10 - the word Jeremiah 7:13 - and I spake Jeremiah 13:10 - evil Jeremiah 14:19 - no healing Jeremiah 19:15 - because Jeremiah 20:8 - the word Jeremiah 22:21 - I spake Jeremiah 25:4 - rising Jeremiah 26:8 - the priests Jeremiah 30:12 - General Jeremiah 32:33 - rising Jeremiah 34:14 - but Jeremiah 35:14 - rising Jeremiah 42:18 - As mine Jeremiah 44:5 - they Jeremiah 44:23 - ye have burned Lamentations 2:5 - he hath swallowed up Israel Lamentations 3:43 - thou hast slain Ezekiel 2:3 - I send Ezekiel 3:19 - if thou Ezekiel 24:8 - it might Daniel 9:6 - have we Hosea 9:17 - because Hosea 11:2 - they called Amos 5:10 - hate Amos 8:14 - shall fall Zephaniah 2:2 - before the fierce Zechariah 1:4 - unto Zechariah 7:12 - therefore Zechariah 8:14 - I repented Matthew 14:10 - and beheaded Matthew 21:34 - he sent Matthew 21:35 - General Matthew 23:37 - how Mark 12:3 - they Luke 3:20 - General Luke 6:23 - for in Luke 11:48 - for Luke 13:34 - killest Luke 20:10 - sent Acts 19:9 - divers James 5:10 - for

17.

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

he brought: 2 Chronicles 33:11, Deuteronomy 28:49, 2 Kings 24:2, 2 Kings 24:3, Ezra 9:7, Jeremiah 15:8, Jeremiah 32:42, Jeremiah 40:3, Daniel 9:14
the king: 2 Kings 25:1-30, Jeremiah 39:1-18, Jeremiah 52:1-34
who slew: Leviticus 26:14-46, Deuteronomy 28:15-68, Deuteronomy 29:18-28, Deuteronomy 30:18, Deuteronomy 31:16-18, Deuteronomy 32:15-28, Psalms 74:20, Psalms 79:2, Psalms 79:3, Jeremiah 15:9, Jeremiah 18:21, Lamentations 2:21, Lamentations 2:22
in the house: 2 Chronicles 24:21, Lamentations 2:20, Ezekiel 9:5-7, Luke 13:1, Luke 13:2
no compassion: Deuteronomy 28:50, Psalms 74:20
Reciprocal: Numbers 33:56 - General Deuteronomy 8:20 - so shall ye perish Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee Joshua 23:15 - so shall 2 Kings 21:14 - the remnant 1 Chronicles 6:15 - when the Lord 2 Chronicles 7:22 - therefore 2 Chronicles 15:6 - God 2 Chronicles 28:5 - delivered him Ezra 5:12 - But after Nehemiah 9:27 - thou deliveredst Psalms 74:4 - Thine Psalms 79:1 - the heathen Isaiah 3:8 - Jerusalem Isaiah 13:18 - their eye Isaiah 14:6 - who smote Isaiah 27:11 - therefore Isaiah 42:24 - General Jeremiah 4:21 - shall I Jeremiah 5:10 - ye up Jeremiah 6:21 - fathers Jeremiah 9:21 - General Jeremiah 11:22 - young Jeremiah 19:15 - because Jeremiah 20:5 - I will deliver Jeremiah 21:7 - I will Jeremiah 22:21 - I spake Jeremiah 27:22 - carried Jeremiah 34:22 - I will command Jeremiah 51:22 - General Lamentations 2:5 - he hath swallowed up Israel Lamentations 3:43 - thou hast slain Lamentations 4:16 - they respected Ezekiel 9:6 - old Ezekiel 9:7 - General Ezekiel 23:47 - shall slay Ezekiel 24:8 - it might Ezekiel 33:21 - The city Ezekiel 36:4 - desolate Habakkuk 1:6 - I raise Zephaniah 2:2 - before the fierce Zechariah 1:6 - did

18.

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

am 3416, bc 588
all the vessels: 2 Chronicles 36:7, 2 Chronicles 36:10, 2 Kings 25:13-17, Jeremiah 27:18-22, Jeremiah 52:17-23, Daniel 5:3
treasures: 2 Kings 20:13-17, Isaiah 39:6, Zechariah 1:6
Reciprocal: 2 Kings 20:17 - shall be carried 1 Chronicles 9:1 - carried 2 Chronicles 4:19 - all the vessels Ezra 1:7 - Nebuchadnezzar Ezra 5:14 - the vessels Ezra 6:5 - which Nebuchadnezzar Isaiah 14:4 - golden city Jeremiah 7:14 - as Jeremiah 27:20 - when Jeremiah 27:22 - carried Ezekiel 7:21 - General Daniel 5:2 - the golden Luke 21:1 - the treasury

19.

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

they burnt: 2 Kings 25:9, Psalms 74:4-8, Psalms 79:1, Psalms 79:7, Isaiah 64:10, Isaiah 64:11, Jeremiah 7:4, Jeremiah 7:14, Jeremiah 52:13, Lamentations 4:1, Micah 3:12, Luke 21:6
brake down: 2 Kings 25:10, 2 Kings 25:11, Jeremiah 52:14, Jeremiah 52:15
Reciprocal: Leviticus 26:31 - And I will make 1 Kings 9:7 - this house Isaiah 5:6 - I will lay Isaiah 27:9 - when Jeremiah 6:5 - let us destroy Jeremiah 17:27 - shall devour Jeremiah 21:10 - it shall Jeremiah 21:14 - shall Jeremiah 32:29 - and set Jeremiah 39:8 - burned Lamentations 2:7 - given up Ezekiel 7:21 - General Amos 3:11 - and thy

20.

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

am 3416-3468, bc 588-536
And them that had escaped from: Heb. And the remainder from
they were servants: Deuteronomy 28:47, Deuteronomy 28:48, Jeremiah 27:7
until the reign: 2 Chronicles 36:22, Ezra 1:1-11
Reciprocal: Deuteronomy 28:36 - bring thee Esther 2:6 - Jeconiah Isaiah 24:2 - as with the people Isaiah 39:7 - of thy sons Jeremiah 38:23 - they shall Jeremiah 52:29 - the eighteenth Lamentations 1:3 - gone Ezekiel 14:22 - therein Micah 2:4 - he hath changed Micah 2:10 - and Micah 4:10 - shalt thou Matthew 1:11 - about

21.

To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

To fulfil: Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:12, Jeremiah 26:6, Jeremiah 26:7, Jeremiah 27:12, Jeremiah 27:13, Jeremiah 29:10, Daniel 9:2, Zechariah 1:4-6
until the land: Leviticus 25:4-6, Leviticus 26:34, Leviticus 26:35, Leviticus 26:43, Zechariah 1:12
Reciprocal: Leviticus 25:2 - a sabbath Numbers 14:34 - After 2 Chronicles 36:22 - that the word Nehemiah 10:31 - and that we Psalms 79:7 - laid Isaiah 5:9 - Of a truth Isaiah 24:3 - shall Jeremiah 1:1 - words Jeremiah 4:27 - The Jeremiah 25:11 - seventy Jeremiah 27:7 - all Jeremiah 27:22 - until Jeremiah 38:23 - they shall Jeremiah 39:16 - Behold Lamentations 1:3 - gone Ezekiel 29:11 - forty Ezekiel 33:28 - I will lay Ezekiel 36:34 - General Micah 2:4 - he hath changed Micah 2:10 - and Zephaniah 1:2 - I will Zechariah 7:14 - the land

22.

Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,

am 3468, bc 536, This verse and the next have a double aspect. They look back to the prophecy of Jeremiah, and show how that was accomplished; and they look forward to the history of Ezra, which begins with a repetition of these two last verses.
in the first: Ezra 1:1-3
Cyrus: Isaiah 44:28, Daniel 10:1
that the word: 2 Chronicles 36:21, Jeremiah 25:12, Jeremiah 25:14, Jeremiah 29:10, Jeremiah 32:42-44, Jeremiah 33:10-14, Hebrews 10:23
the Lord stirred: 2 Chronicles 21:16, 1 Samuel 26:19, 1 Kings 11:14, 1 Kings 11:23, 1 Chronicles 5:26, Ezra 1:5, Isaiah 13:3-5, Isaiah 13:17, Isaiah 13:18, Isaiah 44:28, Isaiah 45:1-5, Haggai 1:14
a proclamation: 2 Chronicles 24:9, 2 Chronicles 30:5
Reciprocal: 2 Chronicles 36:20 - until the reign Ezra 4:3 - king Cyrus Ezra 6:3 - the first year Isaiah 45:13 - he shall build Jeremiah 25:11 - seventy Jeremiah 51:11 - the Lord hath Daniel 6:28 - and in

23.

Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.

All the kingdoms: Psalms 75:5-7, Daniel 2:21, Daniel 2:37, Daniel 4:35, Daniel 5:18, Daniel 5:23
he hath charged: Isaiah 44:26-28
Who is there: 1 Chronicles 22:16, 1 Chronicles 29:5, Ezra 7:13, Zechariah 2:6, Zechariah 2:7, Romans 8:31
Reciprocal: Genesis 35:11 - a nation Deuteronomy 2:24 - behold Ezra 1:1 - Now in the Ezra 4:3 - king Cyrus Ezra 6:3 - the first year Isaiah 44:28 - saying Isaiah 45:13 - he shall build Jeremiah 50:21 - and do Daniel 6:28 - and in Daniel 10:1 - Cyrus Revelation 16:11 - the God