2 Kings 24:12–20

^12lThen Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, ^min the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.

The Captivity of Jerusalem

¹³ⁿAnd he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he ^ocut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, ^pas the Lord had said. ¹⁴Also ^qhe carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ^rten thousand captives, and ^sall the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except ^tthe poorest people of the land. ¹⁵And ^uhe carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. ^16vAll the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

¹⁷Then ^wthe king of Babylon made Mattaniah, ^xJehoiachin’s ⁴uncle, king in his place, and ^ychanged his name to Zedekiah.

^18zZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was ^aHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ^19bHe also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. ^cThen Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.