1 GLT In his days, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up, and Jehoiakim was a servant to him— three years. And he turned back, and he 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 GLT And Yahweh sent against him troops of Chaldeans and troops of Aram and troops of Moab and troops of the sons of Ammon. And he sent them against Judah to destroy it according to the word of Yahweh that he spoke 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 GLT However, it was according to the mouth of Yahweh against Judah, to remove{ them} away from his face with 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 GLT and also the innocent blood that he poured out, and he 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 GLT But the rest of the words of Jehoiakim, and all that he did— are they not written on the scroll of the words 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?
6 GLT And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place. BSB BSB: And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
7 GLT And the king of Egypt did not continue again to go out from his land, because the king of Babylon took from the river of Egypt as far as the Euphrates River— everything that belonged to the king of Egypt. 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 GLT Jehoiachin{ was} a son of 18 years when he became king, and he was king 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 GLT And he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, like all that his father did. BSB BSB: And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
11 GLT And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, and his servants were besieging against it, BSB BSB: And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
12 GLT and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon— he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his eunuchs. And the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his being king. 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 GLT And he brought out from there all the treasure of the house of Yahweh, and the treasure of the house of the king, and he cut off all the vessels of gold that Solomon the king of Israel made in 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 GLT And he exiled all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of the army, exiling 10, 000{ people} and every crastman and smith.{ A person} 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 GLT And he exiled Jehoiachin in Babylon. And the mother of the king and the wives of the king and his eunuchs and the citizens 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 GLT and all of the men of the army, 7, 000{ people}, and the craftsmen and the smiths, 1, 000{ people}, the whole— the mighty ones who made 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 GLT And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his place, and he turned 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.
18 GLT Zedekiah{ was} a son of 21 years when he became king, and he was king 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 GLT And he did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, like everything that Jehoiakim did. BSB BSB: And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20 GLT For on account of the nose of Yahweh it happened in Jerusalem and in Judah, until he threw 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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