2 Kings 24:12–20

¹²Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered^r to him.

In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner. ¹³As the Lord had declared,^s Nebuchadnezzar removed the treasures^t from the temple of the Lord and from the royal palace, and cut up the gold articles^u that Solomon^v king of Israel had made for the temple of the Lord. ¹⁴He carried all Jerusalem into exile:^w all the officers and fighting men,^x and all the skilled workers and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest^y people of the land were left.

¹⁵Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin^z captive to Babylon. He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king’s mother,^a his wives, his officials and the prominent people^b of the land. ¹⁶The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war, and a thousand skilled workers and artisans.^{c 17}He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.^d

Zedekiah King of Judah

24:18–20pp—2Ch 36:11–16; Jer 52:1–3

¹⁸Zedekiah^e was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal^f daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. ¹⁹He did evil^g in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust^h them from his presence.ⁱ

The Fall of Jerusalem

25:1–12pp—Jer 39:1–10 25:1–21pp—2Ch 36:17–20; Jer 52:4–27 25:22–26pp—Jer 40:7–9; 41:1–3, 16–18

Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.