2 Kings 24 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

Judah Overrun by Enemies

Jehoiachin Taken Captive to Babylon

2Ki 24:1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.

2Ki 24:2

2Ki 24:2And the LORD sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servants the prophets.

2Ki 24:3

2Ki 24:3Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done,

2Ki 24:4

2Ki 24:4and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not 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?

2Ki 24:6

2Ki 24:6So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

2Ki 24:7

2Ki 24:7And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin

(2 Chr. 36:9, 10 )

2Ki 24:8

2Ki 24:8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

2Ki 24:9

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

2Ki 24:10

2Ki 24:10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

2Ki 24:11

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

2Ki 24:12

2Ki 24:12Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.

The Captivity of Jerusalem

2Ki 24:13

2Ki 24:13And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king’s house, and he cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

2Ki 24:14

2Ki 24:14Also he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

2Ki 24:15

2Ki 24:15And he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2Ki 24:16

2Ki 24:16All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

(2 Chr. 36:11–14; Jer. 52:1–3 )

2Ki 24:17

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

2Ki 24:18

2Ki 24:18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

2Ki 24:19

2Ki 24:19He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

2Ki 24:20

2Ki 24:20For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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