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2 Kings 24:1 (show verse)

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

2 Kings 24:2 (show verse)

And Jehovah sent against him troops of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and troops of the Moabites, and troops of the Ammonites. And He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the Word of Jehovah which He spoke by His servants the prophets.

2 Kings 24:3 (show verse)

Surely at the commandment of Jehovah this came on Judah, to remove them out of His sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

2 Kings 24:4 (show verse)

and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which Jehovah would not pardon.

2 Kings 24:5 (show verse)

And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Matters of the Days of the Kings of Judah?

2 Kings 24:6 (show verse)

And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

2 Kings 24:7 (show verse)

And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land any more. For the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates all that belonged to the king of Egypt.

2 Kings 24:8 (show verse)

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.

2 Kings 24:9 (show verse)

And he did the evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done.

2 Kings 24:10 (show verse)

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

2 Kings 24:11 (show verse)

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it.

2 Kings 24:12 (show verse)

And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother, and his servants, and his leaders, and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

2 Kings 24:13 (show verse)

And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, 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 Jehovah, as Jehovah had said.

2 Kings 24:14 (show verse)

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the mighty men of war, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest sort of the people of the land.

2 Kings 24:15 (show verse)

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs. And the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:16 (show verse)

And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of might, seven thousand of them, and a thousand craftsmen and smiths, all who were strong and able for war.

2 Kings 24:17 (show verse)

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his place. And he changed his name to Zedekiah.

2 Kings 24:18 (show verse)

Zedekiah was twenty-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.

2 Kings 24:19 (show verse)

And he did the evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

2 Kings 24:20 (show verse)

For it was through the anger of Jehovah that Zedekiah happened to rebel against the king of Babylon in Jerusalem and in Judah, until God had put them out of His presence.