2 Kings 24 : 1 (NCV)
While Jehoiakim was king, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked the land of Judah. So Jehoiakim became Nebuchadnezzar's servant for three years. Then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and broke away from his rule.
2 Kings 24 : 2 (NCV)
The Lord sent raiding parties from Babylon, Aram, Moab, and Ammon against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah. This happened as the Lord had said it would through his servants the prophets.
2 Kings 24 : 3 (NCV)
The Lord commanded this to happen to the people of Judah, to remove them from his presence, because of all the sins of Manasseh.
2 Kings 24 : 4 (NCV)
He had killed many innocent people and had filled Jerusalem with their blood. And the Lord would not forgive these sins.
2 Kings 24 : 5 (NCV)
The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king and all he did are written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.
2 Kings 24 : 6 (NCV)
Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
2 Kings 24 : 7 (NCV)
The king of Egypt did not leave his land again, because the king of Babylon had captured all that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
2 Kings 24 : 8 (NCV)
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he was king three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem.
2 Kings 24 : 9 (NCV)
Jehoiachin did what the Lord said was wrong, just as his father had done.
2 Kings 24 : 10 (NCV)
At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem. When they reached the city, they attacked it.
2 Kings 24 : 11 (NCV)
Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city while his officers were attacking it.
2 Kings 24 : 12 (NCV)
Jehoiachin king of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon, along with Jehoiachin's mother, servants, older leaders, and officers. So Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin a prisoner in the eighth year he was king of Babylon.
2 Kings 24 : 13 (NCV)
Nebuchadnezzar took all the treasures from the Temple of the Lord and from the palace. He cut up all the gold objects Solomon king of Israel had made for the Temple of the Lord. This happened as the Lord had said it would.
2 Kings 24 : 14 (NCV)
Nebuchadnezzar took away all the people of Jerusalem, including all the leaders, all the wealthy people, and all the craftsmen and metal workers. There were ten thousand prisoners in all. Only the poorest people in the land were left.
2 Kings 24 : 15 (NCV)
Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king's mother and his wives, the officers, and the leading men of the land. They were taken captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 Kings 24 : 16 (NCV)
The king of Babylon also took all seven thousand soldiers, who were strong and able to fight in war, and about a thousand craftsmen and metal workers. Nebuchadnezzar took them as prisoners to Babylon.
2 Kings 24 : 17 (NCV)
Then he made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in Jehoiachin's place. He also changed Mattaniah's name to Zedekiah.
2 Kings 24 : 18 (NCV)
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiahn from Libnah.
2 Kings 24 : 19 (NCV)
Zedekiah did what the Lord said was wrong, just as Jehoiakim had done.
2 Kings 24 : 20 (NCV)
All this happened in Jerusalem and Judah because the Lord was angry with them. Finally, he threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah turned against the king of Babylon.
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