Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God.(A) Now King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him(B) and bound him in bronze(C) shackles to take him to Babylon.(D) Also Nebuchadnezzar took some of the articles of the Lord’s temple to Babylon and put them in his temple in Babylon.(E)

The rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim,(F) the detestable actions he committed, and what was found against him, are written in the Book of Israel’s Kings. His son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

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