^24:8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.⁹ His mother¹⁰ was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. ^24:9He did evil in the sight of¹¹ the Lord as his ancestors had done.

^24:10At that time the generals¹² of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.¹³^24:11King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it. ^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

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Footnotes

9 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .
10 Heb “the name of his mother.”
11 Heb “in the eyes of.”
12 Heb “servants.”
13 Heb “went up [to] Jerusalem and the city entered into siege.”
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.”