In his days Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
came up
, and Jehoiakim
became his servant
three
years
: then he turned
and rebelled
against him.
And the LORD sent
against him bands
of the Chaldees
, 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 the LORD
, which he spake
by
his servants
the prophets
.
Surely at the commandment of the LORD
came this upon Judah
, to remove
them out of his sight
, for the sins
of Manasseh
, according to all that he did
;
And also for the innocent blood
that he shed
: for he filled
Jerusalem
with innocent
blood
; which the LORD
would
not pardon
.
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
?
So Jehoiakim slept
with his fathers
: and Jehoiachin
his son
reigned
in his stead.
And the king of Egypt
came
not again
any more out of his land
: for the king
of Babylon
had taken
from the river
of Egypt
unto the river
Euphrates
all that pertained to the king
of Egypt
.
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
.
And he did that which was evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, according to all that his father
had done
.
At that time the servants
of Nebuchadnezzar
king
of Babylon
came up
against Jerusalem
, and the city
was besieged
.
And Nebuchadnezzar king
of Babylon
came
against the city
, and his servants
did besiege
it.
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
.
And he carried out thence all the treasures
of the house
of the LORD
, 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 the LORD
, as the LORD
had said
.
And he carried away all Jerusalem
, and all the princes
, and all the mighty men
of valour
, even ten
thousand
captives
, and all the craftsmen
and smiths
: none remained
, save
the poorest sort
of the people
of the land
.
And he carried away Jehoiachin
to Babylon
, and the king's
mother
, and the king's
wives
, and his officers
, and the mighty
of the land
, those carried
he into captivity
from Jerusalem
to Babylon
.
And all the men of might
, even seven
thousand
, and craftsmen
and smiths
a thousand
, all that were strong
and apt
for war
, even them the king
of Babylon
brought
captive
to Babylon
.
And the king of Babylon
made Mattaniah
his father's brother
king
in his stead, and changed
his name
to Zedekiah
.
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
.
And he did that which was evil
in the sight
of the LORD
, according to all that Jehoiakim
had done
.
For through the anger of the LORD
it came to pass in Jerusalem
and Judah
, until he had cast them out
from his presence
, that Zedekiah
rebelled
against the king
of Babylon
.