2 Kings 23:34–24:6

³⁴Then ^yPharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and ^zchanged his name to ^aJehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz ^band went to Egypt, and ⁹he died there.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

³⁵So Jehoiakim gave ^cthe silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money according to the command of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho. ^36dJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. ³⁷And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.

Judah Overrun by Enemies

24In ^ahis days Nebuchadnezzar king of ^bBabylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. ^2cAnd the Lord sent against him raiding ¹bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^daccording to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. ³Surely at the commandment of the Lord this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight ^ebecause of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, ^4fand also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.

⁵Now 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? ^6gSo Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.