2 Kings 23:34-24:7

New American Standard Bible 1995

Jehoiakim Made King by Pharaoh

³⁴ Pharaoh Neco made ^(A)Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and ^(B)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and ^[a](C)brought him to Egypt, and he died there. ³⁵ So Jehoiakim ^(D)gave the silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land in order to give the money at the ^[b]command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, each according to his valuation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

^36 (E)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. ³⁷ He did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(F)according to all that his fathers had done.

Babylon Controls Jehoiakim

24 ^(G)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 ^(H)bands of Chaldeans, ^(I)bands of Arameans, ^(J)bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^(K)according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. ^3 (L)Surely at the ^[c]command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight ^(M)because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, ⁴ and ^(N)also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not forgive. ⁵ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

Jehoiachin Reigns

⁶ So ^(O)Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. ^7 (P)The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, ^(Q)for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from ^(R)the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.