2 Kings 23:36–24:6

^36*yJehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of ^zRumah. ^37aAnd he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

24In ^ahis days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant ^bthree years: then he turned and rebelled against him. ^2*cAnd the Lord sent against him ^dbands of the Chaldees, and ^debands of the Syrians, and ^efbands of the Moabites, and bands of ^gthe children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^haccording to the word of the Lord, which he spake ^†by his servants the prophets. ³Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, ⁱfor the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; ⁴And also for ^jthe innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon. ^5k*Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁶So Jehoiakim ^lslept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.