The In-Dept Study of the Bible
Kings 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.
2 Yahweh 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.
3 Surely atthe 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,
4 and also for the innocent blood that he
shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent
blood, and Yahweh would not pardon.
5 Now 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?
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
7 The 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.
8 Jehoiachin 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.
9 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s
sight, according to all that his father had
done.
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to
Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came to the city while his servants were
besieging it,
12 and 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.
13 He 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.
14 He 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.
15 He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s
wives, his officers, and the chief men ofthe
land. He carried them into captivity from
Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 All 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.
17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah,
Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his
place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah 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.
19 He did that which was evil inYahweh’s
sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had
done.
20 For 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.