2 Kings 24:8–15

JUDAH’S KING JEHOIACHIN

⁸Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.^{ak 9}He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as his father had done.

DEPORTATIONS TO BABYLON

¹⁰At that time^al the servants of King Nebuchadnezzar^am of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. ¹¹King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. 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