◄ 2 Chronicles 36:20 ►
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Good News Translation
He took all the survivors to Babylonia, where they served him and his descendants as slaves until the rise of the Persian Empire.

New Revised Standard Version
He took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia,

Contemporary English Version
The survivors were taken to Babylonia as prisoners, where they were slaves of the king and his sons, until Persia became a powerful nation.

New American Bible
Those who escaped the sword he carried captive to Babylon, where they became servants to him and his sons until the Persian kingdom came to power.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Whosoever escaped the sword, was led into Babylon, and there served the king and his sons, till the reign of the king of Persia,

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Whosoever escaped the sword, was led into Babylon, and there served the king and his sons, till the reign of the king of Persia,

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3416-3468 B.C.

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And them that had escaped from [heb] and the remainder from
they were servants

Deuteronomy 28:47,48 Because thou didst not serve the Lord thy God with joy and gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things: . . .

Jeremiah 27:7 And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son: till the time come for his land and himself: and many nations and great kings shall serve him.

until the reign

2 Chronicles 36:22 But in the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, to fulfil the word of the Lord, which he had spoken by the mouth of Jeremias, the Lord stirred up the heart of Cyrus, king of the Persians: who commanded it to be proclaimed through all his kingdom, and by writing also, saying:

Ezra 1:1 In the first year of Cyrus king of the Persians, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of the Persians: and he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and in writing also, saying:

Context
The Fall of Jerusalem
…19And the enemies set fire to the house of God, and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, burnt all the towers, and what soever was precious they destroyed. 20Whosoever escaped the sword, was led into Babylon, and there served the king and his sons, till the reign of the king of Persia,21That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, and the land might keep her sabbaths: for all the days of the desolation she kept a sabbath, till the seventy years were expired.…
Cross References
2 Kings 25:11
And Nabuzardan, the commander of the army, carried away the rest of the people, that remained in the city, and the fugitives, that had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the remnant of the common people.

Ezra 2:1
Now these are the children of the province, that went out of the captivity, which Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away to Babylon, and who returned to Jerusalem and Juda, every man to his city.

Jeremiah 27:7
And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son's son: till the time come for his land and himself: and many nations and great kings shall serve him.

Jeremiah 52:28
This is the people whom Nabuchodonosor carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews.

Ezekiel 38:5
The Persians, Ethiopians, and Libyans with them, all with shields and helmets.

2 Chronicles 36:19
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