2 Kings 24 :: Legacy Standard Bible (LSB)

Jehoiakim Rebels Against Nebuchadnezzar

In his days^H3117 Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 came^H5927 up^H5927, and Jehoiakim^H3079 became^H1961 his servant^H5650 for three^H7969 years^H8141; then he turned^H7725 and rebelled^H4775 against him.

2Ki 24:2

2Ki 24:2And Yahweh sent against him marauding bands of Chaldeans, marauding bands of Arameans, marauding bands of Moabites, and marauding bands of Ammonites. So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh which He had spoken by the hand of His slaves the prophets.

2Ki 24:3

2Ki 24:3Surely at the [fn]command of Yahweh it came upon Judah, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,

2Ki 24:4

2Ki 24:4and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and Yahweh was not willing to pardon.

2Ki 24:5

2Ki 24:5Now 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?

Jehoiachin Reigns over Judah

2Ki 24:6

2Ki 24:6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

2Ki 24:7

2Ki 24:7And the king of Egypt did not go out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

(2Ch 36:9, 10 )

2Ki 24:8

Jehoiachin^H3078 was eighteen^H8083^H6240 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he became^H4427 king^H4427, and he reigned^H4427 three^H7969 months^H2320 in Jerusalem^H3389; and his mother’s^H517 name^H8034 was Nehushta^H5179 the daughter^H1323 of Elnathan^H494 of Jerusalem^H3389.

2Ki 24:9

2Ki 24:9And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that his father had done.

Judah Exiled to Babylon

2Ki 24:10

At that time^H6256 the servants^H5650 of Nebuchadnezzar^H5019 king^H4428 of Babylon^H894 went^H5927 up^H5927 to Jerusalem^H3389, and the city^H5892 came^H935 under siege^H4692.

2Ki 24:11

2Ki 24:11And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it.

2Ki 24:12

2Ki 24:12Then Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his commanders and his officials. So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign.

2Ki 24:13

2Ki 24:13And he brought out from 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, just as Yahweh had spoken.

2Ki 24:14

2Ki 24:14Then he took away into exile all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None was left except the poorest people of the land.

2Ki 24:15

So he took^H1540 Jehoiachin^H3078 away^H1540 into^H1540 exile^H1540 to Babylon^H894; also the king’s^H4428 mother^H517 and the king’s^H4428 wives^H802 and his officials^H5631 and the leading^H193 men^H193 of the land^H776, he led^H1980 away into exile^H1473 from Jerusalem^H3389 to Babylon^H894.

2Ki 24:16

2Ki 24:16Now all the valiant men, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all mighty men who could wage war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon.

Zedekiah Reigns over Judah

(2Ch 36:11–14; Jer 52:1–3 )

2Ki 24:17

2Ki 24:17Then the king of Babylon made [fn]his uncle Mattaniah king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

2Ki 24:18

Zedekiah^H6667 was twenty-one^H6242^H259 years^H8141 old^H1121 when he became^H4427 king^H4427, and he reigned^H4427 eleven^H259^H6240 years^H8141 in Jerusalem^H3389; and his mother’s^H517 name^H8034 was Hamutal^H2537 the daughter^H1323 of Jeremiah^H3414 of Libnah^H3841.

2Ki 24:19

2Ki 24:19And he did what was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

2Ki 24:20

2Ki 24:20For through the anger of Yahweh this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.