2 Kings 23:36–24:6

^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.