2 Kings 24 :: Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

Babylon Controls Jehoiakim

2Ki 24:1In his days hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and Jehoiakim is to him a servant three years; and he turneth and rebelleth against him,

2Ki 24:2

2Ki 24:2and Jehovah sendeth against him the troops of the Chaldeans, and the troops of Aram, and the troops of Moab, and the troops of the sons of Ammon, and He sendeth them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, that He spake by the hand of His servants the prophets;

2Ki 24:3

2Ki 24:3only, by the command of Jehovah it hath been against Judah to turn them aside from His presence, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,

2Ki 24:4

2Ki 24:4and also the innocent blood that he hath shed, and he filleth Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Jehovah was not willing to forgive.

2Ki 24:5

2Ki 24:5And the rest of the matters of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written on the book of the Chronicles of the kings of Judah?

Jehoiachin Reigns

2Ki 24:6

2Ki 24:6And Jehoiakim lieth with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigneth in his stead.

2Ki 24:7

2Ki 24:7And the king of Egypt hath not added any more to go out from his own land, for the king of Babylon hath taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Phrat, all that had been to the king of Egypt.

(2Ch 36:9, 10 )

2Ki 24:8

2Ki 24:8A son of eighteen years is Jehoiachin in his reigning, and three months he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem,

2Ki 24:9

2Ki 24:9and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers did.

Deportation to Babylon

2Ki 24:10

2Ki 24:10At that time come up have servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city goeth into siege,

2Ki 24:11

2Ki 24:11and Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon cometh against the city, and his servants are laying siege to it,

2Ki 24:12

2Ki 24:12and Jehoiachin king of Judah goeth out unto the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his chiefs, and his eunuchs, and the king of Babylon taketh him in the eighth year of his reign,

2Ki 24:13

2Ki 24:13and bringeth out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, and the treasures of the house of the king, and cutteth in pieces all the vessels of gold that Solomon king of Israel made in the temple of Jehovah, as Jehovah had spoken.

2Ki 24:14

2Ki 24:14And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty ones of valour -- ten thousand is the removal -- and every artificer and smith, none hath been left save the poor of the people of the land.

2Ki 24:15

2Ki 24:15And he removeth Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs, and the mighty ones of the land -- he hath caused a removal to go from Jerusalem to Babylon,

2Ki 24:16

2Ki 24:16and all the men of valour seven thousand, and the artificers and the smiths a thousand, the whole are mighty men, warriors; and the king of Babylon bringeth them in a captivity to Babylon.

Zedekiah Made King

(2Ch 36:11–14; Jer 52:1–3 )

2Ki 24:17

2Ki 24:17And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father's brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah.

2Ki 24:18

2Ki 24:18A son of twenty and one years is Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,

2Ki 24:19

2Ki 24:19and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah according to all that Jehoiakim did,

2Ki 24:20

2Ki 24:20for, by the anger of Jehovah it hath been against Jerusalem and against Judah, till he cast them out from His presence, that Zedekiah rebelleth against the king of Babylon.

The Young's Literal Translation was translated by Robert Young, who believed in a strictly literal translation of God's word. This version of the Bible is in the public domain.

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