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Text -- 2 Kings 24:11-20 (NET)
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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 surrendered to the king of Babylon . The king of Babylon , in the eighth year of his reign , took Jehoiachin prisoner.
24:13 Nebuchadnezzar took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and of the royal palace . He removed all the gold items which King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord’s temple , just as the Lord had warned .
24:14 He deported all the residents of Jerusalem , including all the officials and all the soldiers (10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal . No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land .
24:15 He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon , along with the king’s mother and wives , his eunuchs , and the high-ranking officials of the land .
24:16 The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000 ), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers . This included all the best warriors .
24:17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah , Jehoiachin’s uncle , king in Jehoiachin’s place . He renamed him Zedekiah .
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 . His mother was Hamutal , the daughter of Jeremiah , from Libnah .
24:19 He did evil in the sight of the Lord , as Jehoiakim had done .
24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger ; he finally threw them out of his presence . Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon .
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Jehoiachin |
Captivity |
BABYLONIANS |
Assyria |
Nebuchadnezzar |
Israel |
Zedekiah |
JEREMIAH (2) |
Jerusalem |
TEMPLE, A1 |
Babylon |
Prophecy |
Mattaniah |
Hamutal |
JOB, BOOK OF |
Ezekiel |
Smith |
EUNUCH |
Siege |
QUEEN MOTHER |
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NET Notes: 2Ki 24:12 Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 24:13 Heb “he”; the referent (Nebuchadnezzar) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
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NET Notes: 2Ki 24:15 Heb “and he deported Jehoiachin to Babylon; the mother of the king and the wives of the king and his eunuchs and the mighty of the land he led i...
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NET Notes: 2Ki 24:18 Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”
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