^24:12King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered¹⁴ to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign,¹⁵ took Jehoiachin¹⁶ prisoner. ^24:13Nebuchadnezzar¹⁷ took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord’s temple, just as the Lord had warned. ^24:14He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers (10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land. ^24:15He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king’s mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land.¹⁸^24:16The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors.¹⁹^24:17The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s²⁰ uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.

Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah

^24:18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.²¹ His mother²² was Hamutal,²³ the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. ^24:19He did evil in the sight of²⁴ the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.²⁵

^24:20What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence.²⁶ Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

14 Heb “came out.”
15 That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.
16 Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
17 Heb “he”; the referent (Nebuchadnezzar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
18 Heb “and he deported Jehoiachin to Babylon; the mother of the king and the wives of the king and his eunuchs and the mighty of the land he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.”
19 Heb “the entire [group], mighty men, doers of war.”
20 Heb “his.”
21 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
22 Heb “the name of his mother.”
23 Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”
24 Heb “in the eyes of.”
25 Heb “according to all which Jehoiakim had done.”
26 Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”