2 Kings 24:6–17

⁶Jehoiakim rested^j with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin^k his son succeeded him as king.

⁷The king of Egypt^l did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon^m had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Jehoiachin King of Judah

24:8–17pp—2Ch 36:9–10

⁸Jehoiachinⁿ was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta^o daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. ⁹He did evil^p in the eyes of the Lord, just as his father had done.

¹⁰At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar^q king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it, ¹¹and Nebuchadnezzar himself came up to the city while his officers were besieging it. 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