2 Kings 23:34–24:19

³⁴And ^xPharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and ^gchanged his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, ^hand he came to Egypt and died there. ³⁵And Jehoiakim ⁱgave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

^36jJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. ³⁷And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^daccording to all that his fathers had done.

24^kIn his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. ²And the Lord sent against him bands of the ^lChaldeans and ^mbands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ⁿaccording to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets. ³Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, ^ofor the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, ⁴and also ^pfor the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon. ^5qNow the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ⁶So Jehoiakim ^rslept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. ^7sAnd the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, ^tfor the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt ^ufrom the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

^8vJehoiachin was ^weighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. ⁹And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^xaccording to all that his father had done.

Jerusalem Captured

¹⁰At that time the servants of ^yNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. ¹¹And ^yNebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, ^12zand Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. ^aThe king of Babylon took him prisoner ^bin the eighth year of his reign ¹³and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord ^cand the treasures of the king’s house, ^dand cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, ^ewhich Solomon king of Israel had made, ^fas the Lord had foretold. ^14gHe carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, ^h10,000 captives, ⁱand all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, ^jexcept the poorest people of the land. ^15kAnd he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, ^l7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war. ^17mAnd the king of Babylon ⁿmade Mattaniah, ^oJehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, ^pand changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

^18qZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was ^rHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ¹⁹And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^saccording to all that Jehoiakim had done.