241 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 The Lord sent against him bands of Chaldeans , bands of Arameans , bands of Moabites , and bands of Ammonites e . So He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken through His servants the prophets . 3 Surely at the command of the Lord it came upon Judah , to remove them from His sight because of the sins of Manasseh , according to all that he had done , 4 and also for the innocent blood which he shed , for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood ; and the Lord would not forgive . 5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did , are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles e of the Kings of Judah ? 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers , and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place . 7 The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again e , for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates .
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen e years old when he became king , and he reigned three months in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem . 9 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , according to all that his father had done . 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem , and the city came under siege . 11 And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city , while his servants were besieging e it. 12 Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon , he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials . So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign . 13 He carried out from there 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 , just as the Lord had said . 14 Then he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor , ten thousand captives , and all the craftsmen and the smiths . None remained except the poorest people of the land . 15 So he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon ; also the king's mother and the king's wives and his officials and the leading men of the land , he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon . 16 All the men of valor , seven thousand , and the craftsmen and the smiths , one thousand , all strong and fit for war , and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon . 17 Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place , and changed his name to Zedekiah .
18 Zedekiah was twenty-one e years old when he became king , and he reigned eleven e years in Jerusalem ; and his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah . 19 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , according to all that Jehoiakim had done . 20 For through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence . And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon .
