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20 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon left them here when he exiled Jehoiachin[a] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon, along with all the other nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

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  1. 27:20 Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin.

Good and Bad Figs

24 After King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylon exiled Jehoiachin[b] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon along with the officials of Judah and all the craftsmen and artisans, the Lord gave me this vision. I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem.

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  1. 24:1a Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar.
  2. 24:1b Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin.

10 In the spring of the year[a] King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon. Many treasures from the Temple of the Lord were also taken to Babylon at that time. And Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin’s uncle,[b] Zedekiah, as the next king in Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 36:10a Hebrew At the turn of the year. The first day of this year in the ancient Hebrew lunar calendar was April 13, 597 B.c.
  2. 36:10b As in parallel text at 2 Kgs 24:17; Hebrew reads brother, or relative.

28 “Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar?
    Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?

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18 The king took home to Babylon all the articles, large and small, used in the Temple of God, and the treasures from both the Lord’s Temple and from the palace of the king and his officials.

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14 King Nebuchadnezzar took all of Jerusalem captive, including all the commanders and the best of the soldiers, craftsmen, and artisans—10,000 in all. Only the poorest people were left in the land.

15 Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem’s elite. 16 He also exiled 7,000 of the best troops and 1,000 craftsmen and artisans, all of whom were strong and fit for war.

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