2 Kings 24:1

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 

2 Kings 24:20

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. ⁴  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Ezekiel 17:13-19

17:13 He took one from the royal family, ⁵  made a treaty with him, and put him under oath. ⁶  He then took the leaders of the land 17:14 so it would be a lowly kingdom which could not rise on its own but must keep its treaty with him in order to stand. 17:15 But this one from Israel’s royal family ⁷  rebelled against the king of Babylon ⁸  by sending his emissaries to Egypt to obtain horses and a large army. Will he prosper? Will the one doing these things escape? Can he break the covenant and escape?

17:16 “‘As surely as I live, declares the sovereign Lord, surely in the city ⁹  of the king who crowned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke – in the middle of Babylon he will die! 17:17 Pharaoh with his great army and mighty horde will not help ¹⁰  him in battle, when siege ramps are erected and siege-walls are built to kill many people. 17:18 He despised the oath by breaking the covenant. Take note ¹¹  – he gave his promise ¹²  and did all these things – he will not escape!

17:19 “‘Therefore this is what the sovereign Lord says: As surely as I live, I will certainly repay him ¹³  for despising my oath and breaking my covenant!

¹ tn Heb “In his days.”

² tn Heb “came up.” Perhaps an object (“against him”) has been accidentally omitted from the text. See M. Cogan and H. Tadmor, II Kings (AB), 306.

³ tn The Hebrew text has “and he turned and rebelled against him.”

⁴ tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”

⁵ tn Or “descendants”; Heb “seed” (cf. v. 5).

⁶ tn Heb “caused him to enter into an oath.”

⁷ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the member of the royal family, v. 13) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁸ tn Heb “him”; the referent (the king of Babylon) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

⁹ tn Heb “place.”

¹⁰ tn Heb “deal with” or “work with.”

¹¹ tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates being aware of or taking notice of something.

¹² sn Heb “hand.” “Giving one’s hand” is a gesture of promise (2 Kgs 10:15).

¹³ tn Heb “place it on his head.”