1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up , and Jehoiakim became his servant three years : then he turned and rebelled against him . 2And Jehovah 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 Jehovah , which he spake by his servants the prophets . 3Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah , to remove them out of his sight , for the sins of Manasseh , according to all that he did , 4and also for the innocent blood that he shed ; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood : and Jehovah would not pardon . 5Now 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 ? 6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead . 7And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken , from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates , all that pertained to the king of Egypt .
Jehoiachin's Reign and Exile
8Jehoiachin 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 . 9And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah , according to all that his father had done . 10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem , and the city was besieged . 11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city , while his servants were besieging it ; 12and 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 . 13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah , 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 Jehovah , as Jehovah had said . 14And 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. 15And 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. 16And all the men of might , even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war , even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah , Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his stead , and changed his name to Zedekiah .
The Final Days of Jerusalem
18Zedekiah 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 . 19And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah , according to all that Jehoiakim had done . 20For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah , until he had cast them out from his presence . And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.