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2 Kings 24 :: King James Version (KJV)

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:1 - In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:2 - And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, 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 the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:3 - Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:5 - Now 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

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:6 - So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:7 - And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
(2Ch 36:9, 10 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:8 - Jehoiachin 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:9 - And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

Deportation to Babylon

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:10 - At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:11 - And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:12 - And 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:13 - And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, 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 the LORD, as the LORD had said.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:14 - And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:15 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:16 - And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

Zedekiah Made King

(2Ch 36:11–14; Jer 52:1–3 )
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:17 - And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:18 - Zedekiah 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.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:19 - And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:20 - For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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