2 Kings 24
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v1
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
v2
Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to Yahwehโs word, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
v3
Surely at the commandment of Yahweh this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
v4
and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh would not pardon.
v5
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, arenโt they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
v6
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
v7
The king of Egypt didnโt come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.
v8
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His motherโs name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
v9
He did that which was evil in Yahwehโs sight, according to all that his father had done.
v10
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
v11
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
v12
and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.
v13
He carried out from there all the treasures of Yahwehโs house, and the treasures of the kingโs house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king of Israel had made in Yahwehโs temple, as Yahweh had said.
v14
He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained, except the poorest people of the land.
v15
He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the kingโs mother, the kingโs wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
v16
All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
v17
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachinโs fatherโs brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
v18
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His motherโs name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
v19
He did that which was evil in Yahwehโs sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
v20
For through the anger of Yahweh, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.