2 Kings 24

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1. 1During Jehoiakim's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded. Jehoiakim submitted and served him for 3 years, but then he turned and rebelled against him.
2. 2So the LORD sent raiding bands of Chaldeans, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against him. He sent them to destroy Judah, just as he had warned through his servants the prophets.
3. 3This disaster came upon Judah at the LORD's command. He was determined to remove them from his presence because of all the sins Manasseh had committed.
4. 4And also because of the innocent blood he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon.
5. 5Now 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. 6Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
7. 7The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt — from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates.
8. 8Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 3 months. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9. 9He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, doing everything his father had done.
10. 10During that time, the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched against Jerusalem and laid siege to the city.
11. 11Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city while his forces were besieging it.
12. 12Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his officers. The king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
13. 13Nebuchadnezzar carried off all the treasures from the LORD's temple and the royal palace. He cut apart all the gold vessels that King Solomon of Israel had made for the LORD's temple, as the LORD had said.
14. 14He carried away all Jerusalem — all the princes, all the mighty warriors, all the craftsmen and smiths — 10,000 captives in all. None remained except the poorest people of the land.
15. 15He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with the king's mother, the king's wives, his officers, and the mighty men of the land — all taken into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16. 16The king of Babylon brought to Babylon as captives all the men of might — 7,000 fighting men, plus 1,000 craftsmen and metalworkers — all of them strong and ready for war.
17. 17The king of Babylon appointed Mattaniah, who was Jehoiachin's father's brother, as king in Jehoiachin's place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18. 18Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19. 19He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, following all that Jehoiakim had done.
20. 20Because of the anger of the LORD, it happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he cast them out from his presence, and Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.