“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 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. 3 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; 4 And
also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood; which the LORD 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 river of Egypt unto 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 the LORD, according to all that his father had
done. 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants
did besiege 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
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. 14 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. 15 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. 16 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. 17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s
brother king in 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 the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 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.” (2 Kings 24:1-20 AV)
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