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^1 (a)In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. ² And the Lord sent against him bands of the ^(b)Chaldeans and ^(c)bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^(d)according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets. ³ Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, ^(e)for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, ⁴ and also ^(f)for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon. ^5 (g)Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ⁶ So Jehoiakim ^(h)slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. ^7 (i)And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, ^(j)for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt ^(k)from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

^8 (l)Jehoiachin was ^(m)eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. ⁹ And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ⁽ⁿ⁾according to all that his father had done.

Jerusalem Captured

¹⁰ At that time the servants of ^(o)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. ¹¹ And ^(p)Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, ^12 (q)and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. ^(r)The king of Babylon took him prisoner ^(s)in the eighth year of his reign ¹³ and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord ^(t)and the treasures of the king's house, ^(u)and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, ^(v)which Solomon king of Israel had made, ^(w)as the Lord had foretold. ^14 (x)He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, ^(y)10,000 captives, ^(z)and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, ^(aa)except the poorest people of the land. ^15 (ab)And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶ And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, ^(ac)7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war. ^17 (ad)And the king of Babylon ^(ae)made Mattaniah, ^(af)Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, ^(ag)and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

^18 (ah)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was ^(ai)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ¹⁹ And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(aj)according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰ For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

^(ak)And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.