2 Kings 24
1 In his
days Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came
up, and
Jehoiakim became his
servant three years: then he
turned and
rebelled against him.
2 And the
LORD sent against him
bands of the
Chaldees, and
bands of the
Syrians, and
bands of the
Moabites, and
bands of the
children of
Ammon, and
sent them against
Judah to
destroy it, according to the
word of the
LORD, which he
spake by his
servants the
prophets. 3 Surely at the
commandment of the
LORD came this upon
Judah, to
remove them out of his
sight, for the
sins of
Manasseh, according to all that he
did;
4 And also for the
innocent blood that he
shed: for he
filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood; which the
LORD would not
pardon.
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? 6 So
Jehoiakim slept with his
fathers: and
Jehoiachin his
son reigned in his stead.
7 And the
king of
Egypt came not
again any more out of his
land: for the
king of
Babylon had
taken from the
river of
Egypt unto the
river Euphrates all that pertained to the
king of
Egypt. 8 Jehoiachin was
eighteen years old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned in
Jerusalem three months. And his
mother's name was
Nehushta, the
daughter of
Elnathan of
Jerusalem. 9 And he
did that which was
evil in the
sight of the
LORD, according to all that his
father had
done.
10 At that
time the
servants of
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came
up against
Jerusalem, and the
city was
besieged.
11 And
Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came against the
city, and his
servants did
besiege it.
12 And
Jehoiachin the
king of
Judah went
out to the
king of
Babylon, he, and his
mother, and his
servants, and his
princes, and his
officers: and the
king of
Babylon took him in the
eighth year of his
reign.
13 And he carried
out thence all the
treasures of the
house of the
LORD, and the
treasures of the
king's house, and cut in
pieces all the
vessels of
gold which
Solomon king of
Israel had
made in the
temple of the
LORD, as the
LORD had
said.
14 And he carried
away all
Jerusalem, and all the
princes, and all the mighty
men of
valour, even
ten thousand captives, and all the
craftsmen and
smiths: none
remained,
save the poorest
sort of the
people of the
land. 15 And he carried
away Jehoiachin to
Babylon, and the
king's mother, and the
king's wives, and his
officers, and the
mighty of the
land, those
carried he into
captivity from
Jerusalem to
Babylon. 16 And all the
men of
might, even
seven thousand, and
craftsmen and
smiths a
thousand, all that were
strong and
apt for
war, even them the
king of
Babylon brought captive to
Babylon. 17 And the
king of
Babylon made
Mattaniah his father's
brother king in his stead, and
changed his
name to
Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was
twenty and
one years old when he began to
reign, and he
reigned eleven years in
Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was
Hamutal, the
daughter of
Jeremiah of
Libnah. 19 And he
did that which was
evil in the
sight of the
LORD, according to all that
Jehoiakim had
done.
20 For through the
anger of the
LORD it came to pass in
Jerusalem and
Judah, until he had cast them
out from his
presence, that
Zedekiah rebelled against the
king of
Babylon.