Three kings of Judah became prisoners of Egypt and Babylon

2 Chronicles 36:1-10
Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. The king of Egypt dethroned him in Jerusalem and imposed on Judah a levy of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Why?
Very shortly, three kings succeeded to be a king and soon be replaced by foreign forces. Both did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.
The force of Babylon has influenced Isreal and the surrounding area. The Lord punished Isreal and rebuilt them through Babylon's hands.
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因為約哈斯想依靠強國，選擇埃及，所以就被埃及所控制。約雅敬也一樣都是埃及的傀儡。當人依靠他人，人就是失去原來的權柄，人的權柄來自神！當人不依靠神，就成為人的棋子，受人擺佈。
約雅敬服巴比崙，卻不甘心順服。以致被擄。
聖殿的器皿，被巴比倫王帶走，神不讓以色列人當管家，讓猶太人看不起的外邦人來保管聖殿的器皿。
當人不順服神，想要自己自由，自己管理，結果不但得不到自由，反而失去自由。
How?
God's plan beyond our plan and our mind and way. May God's way be done on me and this nation.