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.

^8 (A)Jehoiachin was ^(B)eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. ⁹ He did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(C)according to all that his father had done.

Deportation to Babylon

¹⁰ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. ¹¹ And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. ^12 (D)Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So ^(E)the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. ^13 (F)He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and ^(G)cut in pieces all the vessels of gold ^(H)which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said. ¹⁴ Then ^(I)he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ^(J)ten thousand captives, and ^(K)all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained ^(L)except the poorest people of the land.

¹⁵ So ^(M)he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother and the king’s wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶ All the men of valor, ^(N)seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon.