2 Kings 24

1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.Cross-references: 2Ki 17:5 · 2Chr 36:6 · Jer 25:1 · Jer 25:9 · Jer 46:2 · Dan 1:1

2Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Syrians, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke by his servants the prophets.Cross-references: Deut 28:49 · 2Ki 6:23 · 2Ki 13:20 · 2Ki 20:17 · 2Ki 21:12 · 2Ki 23:27 · +12 more

3Surely at the commandment of Yahweh this came on Judah, to remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,Cross-references: Gen 50:20 · Ex 20:5 · Lev 26:33 · Deut 4:26 · Deut 28:63 · Deut 29:28 · +12 more

4and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh would not pardon.Cross-references: Num 35:33 · Deut 19:10 · 2Ki 21:16 · Ps 106:38 · Jer 2:34 · Jer 15:1 · +3 more

5Now 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?Cross-references: 2Chr 36:8 · Jer 22:13 · Jer 26:1

6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.Cross-references: 2Chr 36:6 · 2Chr 36:8 · Jer 22:18 · Jer 36:30

7The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.Cross-references: Gen 15:18 · Num 34:5 · Josh 15:4 · 1Ki 4:21 · Isa 27:12 · Jer 37:5 · +1 more

8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.Cross-references: 1Chr 3:16 · 2Chr 36:9 · Jer 22:24 · Jer 22:28 · Jer 24:1 · Jer 37:1 · +1 more

9He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, 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.Cross-references: 2Ki 25:2 · Dan 1:1

11Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,

12and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.Cross-references: 2Ki 25:27 · 2Chr 36:10 · Jer 22:24 · Jer 24:1 · Jer 25:1 · Jer 29:1 · +4 more

13He carried out from there all the treasures of Yahweh’s house 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 Yahweh’s temple, as Yahweh had said.Cross-references: 1Ki 7:48 · 2Ki 20:17 · 2Ki 25:13 · 2Chr 4:7 · Ezra 1:7 · Isa 39:6 · +5 more

14He 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. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.Cross-references: 1Sam 23:19 · 2Ki 24:16 · 2Ki 25:12 · 2Chr 36:9 · Jer 24:1 · Jer 29:2 · +6 more

15He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:8 · 2Chr 36:10 · Esth 2:6 · Jer 22:24 · Ezek 17:12

16All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.Cross-references: 2Ki 24:14 · Jer 29:2 · Jer 52:28

17The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:34 · 1Chr 3:15 · 2Chr 36:4 · 2Chr 36:10 · Jer 37:1 · Jer 52:1

18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:31 · 2Chr 36:11 · Jer 37:1 · Jer 52:1

19He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.Cross-references: 2Ki 23:37 · 2Chr 36:12 · Jer 24:8 · Jer 37:1 · Ezek 21:25

20For through the anger of Yahweh, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.Cross-references: Ex 9:14 · Deut 2:30 · Deut 29:27 · 2Ki 22:17 · 2Chr 36:13 · Isa 19:11 · +5 more