[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] Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, 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 Yahweh,
which he spoke by his servants the prophets. [3] Surely at the commandment
of Yahweh came this on 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: and Yahweh
would not pardon. [5] Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that
he did, aren`t they 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 place. [7] The king of Egypt didn`t come again out of his
land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt
to 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] He did that which was evil in the sight of
Yahweh, according to all that his father had done. [10] At that time the
servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the
city was besieged. [11] Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city,
while his servants were besieging 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] He carried out there all the treasures of
the house of Yahweh, 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 Yahweh, as Yahweh had said. [14] He carried away all
Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten
thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained,
save the poorest sort of the people of the land. [15] He carried away
Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king`s mother, and the king`s wives, and his
officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from
Jerusalem to Babylon. [16] All the men of might, even seven thousand, and
the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and apt for
war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. [17] The
king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin`s] father`s brother, king is
his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. [18] Zedekiah was twenty-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]
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that
Jehoiakim had done. [20] For through the anger of Yahweh did it happen in
Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Zedekiah
rebelled against the king of Babylon.
