24 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon invaded^(B) the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.^(C)

Daniel’s Training in Babylon

1 In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim^(A) king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar^(B) king of Babylon^(C) came to Jerusalem and besieged it.^(D)

Seventy Years of Captivity

25 The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar^(B) king of Babylon.

⁹ I will summon^(A) all the peoples of the north^(B) and my servant^(C) Nebuchadnezzar^(D) king of Babylon,” declares the Lord, “and I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and against all the surrounding nations. I will completely destroy^[a](E) them and make them an object of horror and scorn,^(F) and an everlasting ruin.^(G)

² Concerning Egypt:^(A)

This is the message against the army of Pharaoh Necho^(B) king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish^(C) on the Euphrates^(D) River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(E) son of Josiah king of Judah:

⁶ Nebuchadnezzar^(A) king of Babylon attacked him and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.^{(B) 7} Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon articles from the temple of the Lord and put them in his temple^[a] there.^(C)

⁸ The other events of Jehoiakim’s reign, the detestable things he did and all that was found against him, are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

Jehoiachin King of Judah^(D)

⁹ Jehoiachin^(E) was eighteen^[b] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord. ¹⁰ In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon,^(F) together with articles of value from the temple of the Lord, and he made Jehoiachin’s uncle,^[c] Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah King of Judah^(G)

¹¹ Zedekiah^(H) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. ¹² He did evil in the eyes of the Lord^(I) his God and did not humble^(J) himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord. ¹³ He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath^(K) in God’s name. He became stiff-necked^(L) and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹⁴ Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people became more and more unfaithful,^(M) following all the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord, which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

The Fall of Jerusalem^(N)(O)

¹⁵ The Lord, the God of their ancestors, sent word to them through his messengers^(P) again and again,^(Q) because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. ¹⁶ But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his words and scoffed^(R) at his prophets until the wrath^(S) of the Lord was aroused against his people and there was no remedy.^{(T) 17} He brought up against them the king of the Babylonians,^[d](U) who killed their young men with the sword in the sanctuary, and did not spare young men^(V) or young women, the elderly or the infirm.^(W) God gave them all into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar.^{(X) 18} He carried to Babylon all the articles^(Y) from the temple of God, both large and small, and the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king and his officials. ¹⁹ They set fire^(Z) to God’s temple^(AA) and broke down the wall^(AB) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed^(AC) everything of value there.^(AD)

²⁰ He carried into exile^(AE) to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants^(AF) to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. ²¹ The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;^(AG) all the time of its desolation it rested,^(AH) until the seventy years^(AI) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

⁵ The king of Assyria invaded the entire land, marched against Samaria and laid siege^(A) to it for three years.