2 Kings 24:1-3

New American Standard Bible 1995

Babylon Controls Jehoiakim

24 ^(A)In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. ² The Lord sent against him ^(B)bands of Chaldeans, ^(C)bands of Arameans, ^(D)bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^(E)according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. ^3 (F)Surely at the ^[a]command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight ^(G)because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,