Jehoiakim King of Judah^(A)

⁵ Jehoiakim^(B) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God.

Jehoiakim King of Judah^(A)

³⁶ Jehoiakim^(B) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah. ³⁷ And he did evil^(C) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done.

Jeremiah Threatened With Death

26 Early in the reign of Jehoiakim^(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the Lord:

¹⁸ Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:

²⁷ After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation,^(A) the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁸ “Take another scroll^(B) and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up. ²⁹ Also tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You burned that scroll and said, “Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe from it^(C) both man and beast?”^{(D) 30} Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim^(E) king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out^(F) and exposed^(G) to the heat by day and the frost by night.^{(H) 31} I will punish him and his children^(I) and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster^(J) I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.^(K)’”

³² So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated,^(L) Baruch wrote^(M) on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned^(N) in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll

36 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:

The Rekabites

35 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord during the reign of Jehoiakim^(A) son of Josiah king of Judah:

²¹ When King Jehoiakim^(A) and all his officers and officials^(B) heard his words, the king was determined to put him to death.^(C) But Uriah heard of it and fled^(D) in fear to Egypt. ²² King Jehoiakim, however, sent Elnathan^(E) son of Akbor to Egypt, along with some other men. ²³ They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who had him struck down with a sword^(F) and his body thrown into the burial place of the common people.)^(G)