2 Kings 24:12–20

¹²King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials,^A surrendered to the king of Babylon.^an

So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. ¹³He also carried off from there all the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king’s palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that King Solomon of Israel had made^ao for the Lord’s sanctuary, just as the Lord had predicted.^{a 14}He deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the best soldiers^b—ten thousand captives^c including all the craftsmen and metalsmiths.^d Except for the poorest people of the land,^e no one remained.

¹⁵Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehoiachin to Babylon. He took the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.^{f 16}The king of Babylon brought captive into Babylon all seven thousand of the best soldiers and one thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for war. ¹⁷And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s^B uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.^g

JUDAH’S KING ZEDEKIAH

¹⁸Zedekiah^h was twenty-one years old when he became king,ⁱ and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal^j daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. ¹⁹Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as Jehoiakim had done.^{k 20}Because of the Lord’s anger,^l it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he finally banished them from his presence.^m Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.ⁿ