2 Kings 23:36–24:6

Jehoiakim King of Judah

23:36–24:6pp—2Ch 36:5–8

³⁶Jehoiakim^t was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah. ³⁷And he did evil^u in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done.

24During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar^v king of Babylon invaded^w the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.^{x 2}The Lord sent Babylonian,^ay Aramean,^z Moabite and Ammonite raiders^a against him to destroy^b Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets.^{c 3}Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,^d in order to remove them from his presence^e because of the sins of Manasseh^f and all he had done, ⁴including the shedding of innocent blood.^g For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.^h

⁵As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign,ⁱ and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? ⁶Jehoiakim rested^j with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin^k his son succeeded him as king.