Jeremiah Saved from Death^(A)

26 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the Lord, saying,

⁴ Then the king of Egypt made ^[a]Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took ^[b]Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiakim^(A)

^5 (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.

Symbol of the Bonds and Yokes

27 In^[a] the beginning of the reign of ^[b]Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, ^(A)king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

The Scroll Read in the Temple

36 Now it came to pass in the ^(A)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying:

The Obedient Rechabites

35 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

Seventy Years of Desolation

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

³ It came also in the days of ^(A)Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, ^(B)until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah the son of Josiah, king of Judah, ^(C)until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive ^(D)in the fifth month.

³⁴ Then ^(A)Pharaoh Necho made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and ^(B)changed his name to ^(C)Jehoiakim. And Pharaoh took Jehoahaz ^(D)and went to Egypt, and ^[a]he died there.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah^(E)

³⁵ So Jehoiakim gave ^(F)the silver and gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give money according to the command of Pharaoh; he exacted the silver and gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necho. ^36 (G)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebudah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.