2 Kings 24

In ^ahis days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant ^bthree years: then he turned and rebelled against him. ^2cAnd the Lord sent against him ^dbands of the Chaldees, and ^debands of the Syrians, and ^efbands of the Moabites, and bands of ^gthe children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^haccording to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets. ³Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, ⁱfor the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; ⁴and also for ^jthe innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon. ^5kNow the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁶So Jehoiakim ^lslept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. ⁷And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for ^mthe king of Babylon had taken from the ⁿriver of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

⁸Jehoiachin was ^oeighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. ⁹And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all ^pthat his father had done. ¹⁰At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. ¹¹And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. ¹²And ^qJehoiachin 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 ^rtook him in the eighth year of his reign. ¹³And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and ^sthe treasures of the king’s house, and ^tcut in pieces all the vessels of gold which ^uSolomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, ^xas the Lord had said. ¹⁴And ^yhe carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ^zten thousand captives, and all ^athe craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save ^bthe poorest sort of the people of the land. ¹⁵And ^che carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, ^dand the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶And ^eall the men of might, even ^zseven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. ¹⁷And ^fthe king of Babylon made Mattaniah ^ghis father’s brother king in his stead, and ^hchanged his name to Zedekiah.

¹⁸ⁱZedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was ^kHamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ^19lAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, ^mthat Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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