Daniel and His Friends Obey God(A)

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

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Judah Overrun by Enemies

24 In (A)his days Nebuchadnezzar king of (B)Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. (C)And the Lord sent against him raiding [a]bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, (D)according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:2 troops

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim(A)

(B)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And he did (C)evil in the sight of the Lord his God. (D)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in [a]bronze fetters to (E)carry him off to Babylon. (F)Nebuchadnezzar also carried off some of the articles from the house of the Lord to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:6 chains

The Captivity of Jerusalem

13 (A)And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he (B)cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, (C)as the Lord had said.

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