Babylon Controls Jehoiakim 1 ULT In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came up, and Jehoiakim was a servant to him{ for} three years. Then he returned and rebelled against him. BSB BSB: During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
2 ULT And Yahweh sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans and raiding bands of Aram and raiding bands of Moab and raiding bands of the sons of Ammon. And he sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh that he had spoken by the hand of his servants the prophets. BSB BSB: And 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.
3 ULT Surely at the mouth of Yahweh it was against Judah, to remove{ them} away from his face for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did, BSB BSB: Surely 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,
4 ULT and also{ for} the innocent blood that he poured out, for he had filled Jerusalem{ with} innocent blood, and Yahweh was not willing to forgive. BSB BSB: and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
5 ULT Now the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the matters of the days of the kings of Judah? BSB BSB: As 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?
Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah (2 Chronicles 36:9–10)
6 ULT And Jehoiakim lay down with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. BSB BSB: And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
7 ULT And the king of Egypt did not resume again to go out from his land, because the king of Babylon took all that had been to the king of Egypt from the wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River. BSB BSB: Now 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.
8 ULT Jehoiachin{ was} a son of 18 years when he reigned, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And the name of his mother{ was} Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem. BSB BSB: Jehoiachin 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.
9 ULT And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, like all that his father had done. BSB BSB: And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
The Captivity of Jerusalem (Lamentations 1:1–22)
11 ULT And Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, came to the city while his servants were besieging against it. BSB BSB: And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
12 ULT And Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his commanders and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon took him in the year of eight to his reigning. BSB BSB: Jehoiachin 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.
13 ULT And he brought out from there all of the treasuries of the house of Yahweh and the treasuries of the house of the king, and he cut off all of the furnishings of gold that Solomon, the king of Israel, had made for the temple of Yahweh, just as Yahweh had spoken. BSB BSB: As 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.
14 ULT And he exiled all of Jerusalem and all of the commanders and all of the mighty of valor, exiling 10, 000 and every craftsman and smith. One was not left except the poor of the people of the land. BSB BSB: He 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.
15 ULT And he exiled Jehoiachin to Babylon. And the mother of the king and the wives of the king and his eunuchs and the leaders of the land he led{ into} exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, BSB BSB: Nebuchadnezzar 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.
16 ULT and all of the men of valor, 7, 000, and the craftsman and the smith, 1, 000, the whole, the mighty, the makers of war. And the king of Babylon brought them{ into} exile to Babylon. BSB BSB: The 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.
17 ULT And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his uncle, king in his place, and he changed his name{ to} Zedekiah. BSB BSB: Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Zedekiah Reigns in Judah (2 Chronicles 36:11–14; Jeremiah 52:1–3)
18 ULT Zedekiah{ was} a son of 21 years when he reigned, and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother{ was} Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. BSB BSB: Zedekiah 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.
19 ULT And he did evil in the eyes of Yahweh, like all that Jehoiakim had done. BSB BSB: And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 ULT For because of the nose of Yahweh it was against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he cast them away from his face. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. BSB BSB: For 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.
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