2 Kings 24:8–17

Judah’s King Jehoiachin

⁸Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king and reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. ^e9He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight as his father had done.

Deportations to Babylon

¹⁰At that time ^fthe servants of Nebuchadnezzar ^gking of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. ¹¹Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. ¹²Jehoiachin king of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials, surrendered to the king of Babylon. ^h

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 Solomon king of Israel had made ⁱfor the Lord’s sanctuary, just as God had predicted. ^j14Then he deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the fighting men, ^k10,000 captives, ^land all the craftsmen and metalsmiths. ^mExcept for the poorest people of the land, ⁿno one remained.

¹⁵Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehoiachin to Babylon. Also, 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. ^o16The king of Babylon also brought captive into Babylon all 7,000 fighting men and 1,000 craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for war. ¹⁷Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s ^puncle, ^qking in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah. ^r