2Kgs 24
1
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant
three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
2
And YHWH sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands
of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to
destroy it, according to the word of YHWH, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
3
Surely at the commandment of YHWH came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his
sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,
4
and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent
blood: and YHWH would not pardon.
5
Now 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?
6
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
7
And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon
had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the
king of Egypt.
8
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem
three months: and his mother`s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9
And he did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, according to all that his father
had done.
10
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem,
and the city was besieged.
11
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging
it;
12
and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother,
and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took
him in the eighth year of his reign.
13
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of YHWH, and the treasures
of the king`s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold, which Solomon king
of Israel had made in the temple of YHWH, as YHWH had said.
14
And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of
valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained,
save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
15
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king`s mother, and the king`s wives,
and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem
to Babylon.
16
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a
thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought
captive to Babylon.
17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin`s] father`s brother, king is his
stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven
years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
19
And he did that which was evil in the sight of YHWH, according to all that Jehoiakim
had done.
20
For through the anger of YHWH did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he
had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.