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.
