2 Kings 242 Kings24

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1. Babylon Controls Jehoiakim

2. 1BSBDuring Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.KJVKJV: In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
3. 2BSBAnd the LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets.KJVKJV: 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.
4. 3BSBSurely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,KJVKJV: 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;
5. 4BSBand also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.KJVKJV: And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
6. 5BSBAs for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?KJVKJV: 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?

7. Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

   (2 Chronicles 36:9–10)

8. 6BSBAnd Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.KJVKJV: So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
9. 7BSBNow the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.KJVKJV: 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.
10. 8BSBJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.KJVKJV: 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.
11. 9BSBAnd he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.KJVKJV: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

12. The Captivity of Jerusalem

    (Lamentations 1:1–22)

13. 10BSBAt that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.KJVKJV: At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
14. 11BSBAnd Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.KJVKJV: And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
15. 12BSBJehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.KJVKJV: 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.
16. 13BSBAs the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.KJVKJV: 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.
17. 14BSBHe carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.KJVKJV: 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.
18. 15BSBNebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.KJVKJV: 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.
19. 16BSBThe king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.KJVKJV: 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.
20. 17BSBThen the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.KJVKJV: And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

21. Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

    (2 Chronicles 36:11–14; Jeremiah 52:1–3)

22. 18BSBZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.KJVKJV: 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.
23. 19BSBAnd Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.KJVKJV: And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
24. 20BSBFor because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.KJVKJV: 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.