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. ² The Lord sent against him ^(B)bands of Chaldeans, ^(C)bands of Arameans, ^(D)bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^(E)according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. ^3 (F)Surely at the ^[a]command of the Lord it came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight ^(G)because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, ⁴ and ^(H)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 ^(I)Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. ^7 (J)The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, ^(K)for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from ^(L)the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

^8 (M)Jehoiachin was ^(N)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, ^(O)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 (P)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 ^(Q)the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. ^13 (R)He carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and ^(S)cut in pieces all the vessels of gold ^(T)which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said. ¹⁴ Then ^(U)he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ^(V)ten thousand captives, and ^(W)all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained ^(X)except the poorest people of the land.

¹⁵ So ^(Y)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, ^(Z)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.

Zedekiah Made King

^17 (AA)Then the king of Babylon made ^[b]his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

^18 (AB)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^(AC)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ¹⁹ He did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(AD)according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰ For ^(AE)through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And ^(AF)Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.