2 Kings 24
24:1 During Jehoiakim’s reign,1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked.2 Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.3
24:5 The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.7 24:6 He passed away8 and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king. 24:7 The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River.
Jehoiachin’s Reign over Judah
24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem.9 His mother10 was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.
24:9 He did evil in the sight of11 the
24:10 At that time the generals12 of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.13
24:11 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it.
24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered14 to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign,15 took Jehoiachin16 prisoner.
24:13 Nebuchadnezzar17 took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the
Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah
24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.21 His mother22 was Hamutal,23 the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
24:19 He did evil in the sight of24 the