⁶Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him^k and bound him in bronze^l shackles to take him to Babylon.^m ⁷Also Nebuchadnezzar took some of the articles of the Lord’s temple to Babylon and put them in his temple in Babylon.ⁿ

⁸The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim,^o the detestable actions he committed, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

JUDAH’S KING JEHOIACHIN

⁹Jehoiachin was eighteen years old^p when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight. ¹⁰In the spring^D^q Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon along with the valuable articles of the Lord’s temple. Then he made Jehoiachin’s brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.^r

JUDAH’S KING ZEDEKIAH

¹¹Zedekiah was twenty-one years old^s when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹²He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself^t before the prophet Jeremiah at the Lord’s command.^u ¹³He also rebelled against^v King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate^E^w and hardened his heart against returning to the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Footnotes

D At the return of the year
E He stiffened his neck

Cross references

k 2Kg 24:1
l 2Ch 33:11
m Jr 22:18–19
n 2Kg 24:1–4; Jr 22:13–19; 25:1–9; Dn 1:1; Hab 1:6
o 2Kg 24:5–6
p 2Kg 24:8–17
q 2Sm 11:1
r Jr 37:1
s 2Kg 24:18–20; Jr 52:1–3
t 2Ch 33:23
u Jr 21:3–7
v Ezk 17:15
w 2Ch 30:8