Chapter 24

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up,¹ and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned⁴ and rebelled⁴ against him.

And the LORD sent¹⁷ against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent¹⁷ them against Judah to destroy⁵³ it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake¹⁴ by his servants the prophets.

Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove⁵³ [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;¹

And also for the innocent blood that he shed:¹ for he filled¹⁷ Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would¹ not pardon.²

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did,¹ [are] they not written⁷ in the book of the chronicles ³¹¹⁷ of the kings of Judah?

So Jehoiakim slept⁴ with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned⁴ in his stead.

And the king of Egypt came² not again⁵² any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken¹ from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

Jehoiachin [was] eighteen ⁶²⁴⁰ years old when he began to reign,² and he reigned¹ in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's name [was] Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

And he did⁴ [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.¹

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up¹ against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.^{4 4692}

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came⁴ against the city, and his servants did besiege⁶ it.

And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out⁴ to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took⁴ him in the eighth year of his reign.²

And he carried out⁵⁵ thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces¹⁷ all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made¹ in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.¹⁴

And he carried away⁵² all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, [even] ten thousand captives,⁶ and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained,⁸ save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

And he carried away⁵⁵ Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty ¹⁹³ of the land, [those] carried⁵² he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

And all the men of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that were] strong [and] apt⁶ for war, even them the king of Babylon brought⁵⁵ captive to Babylon.

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king⁵⁵ in his stead, and changed⁵⁵ his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah [was] twenty and one years old when he began to reign,² and he reigned¹ eleven ⁶²⁴⁰ years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

And he did⁴ [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.¹

For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out⁵² from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled⁴ against the king of Babylon.