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2 Kings 24:6-20

24:6

So Jehoiakim
<03079>

slept
<07901> (8799)

with his fathers
<01>_:

and Jehoiachin
<03078>

his son
<01121>

reigned
<04427> (8799)

in his stead.

24:7

And the king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>

came
<03318> (8800)

not again
<03254> (8689)

any more out of his land
<0776>_:

for the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

had taken
<03947> (8804)

from the river
<05158>

of Egypt
<04714>

unto the river
<05104>

Euphrates
<06578>

all that pertained to the king
<04428>

of Egypt
<04714>_.

24:8

Jehoiachin
<03078>

[was] eighteen
<08083> <06240>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

in Jerusalem
<03389>

three
<07969>

months
<02320>_.

And his mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

[was] Nehushta
<05179>_,

the daughter
<01323>

of Elnathan
<0494>

of Jerusalem
<03389>_.

{Jehoiachin: also called Jeconiah and Coniah}

24:9

And he did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

according to all that his father
<01>

had done
<06213> (8804)_.

24:10

At that time
<06256>

the servants
<05650>

of Nebuchadnezzar
<05019>

king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

came up
<05927> (8804)

against Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and the city
<05892>

was besieged
<0935> (8799) <04692>_.

{was...: Heb. came into siege}

24:11

And Nebuchadnezzar
<05019>

king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

came
<0935> (8799)

against the city
<05892>_,

and his servants
<05650>

did besiege
<06696> (8802)

it.

24:12

And Jehoiachin
<03078>

the king
<04428>

of Judah
<03063>

went out
<03318> (8799)

to the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_,

he, and his mother
<0517>_,

and his servants
<05650>_,

and his princes
<08269>_,

and his officers
<05631>_:

and the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

took
<03947> (8799)

him in the eighth
<08083>

year
<08141>

of his reign
<04427> (8800)_.

{officers: or, eunuchs} {his reign: Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year}

24:13

And he carried out
<03318> (8686)

thence all the treasures
<0214>

of the house
<01004>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

and the treasures
<0214>

of the king's
<04428>

house
<01004>_,

and cut in pieces
<07112> (8762)

all the vessels
<03627>

of gold
<02091>

which Solomon
<08010>

king
<04428>

of Israel
<03478>

had made
<06213> (8804)

in the temple
<01964>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

as the LORD
<03068>

had said
<01696> (8765)_.

24:14

And he carried away
<01540> (8689)

all Jerusalem
<03389>_,

and all the princes
<08269>_,

and all the mighty men
<01368>

of valour
<02428>_,

[even] ten
<06235>

thousand
<0505>

captives
<01540> (8802)_,

and all the craftsmen
<02796>

and smiths
<04525>_:

none remained
<07604> (8738)_,

save
<02108>

the poorest sort
<01803>

of the people
<05971>

of the land
<0776>_.

24:15

And he carried away
<01540> (8686)

Jehoiachin
<03078>

to Babylon
<0894>_,

and the king's
<04428>

mother
<0517>_,

and the king's
<04428>

wives
<0802>_,

and his officers
<05631>_,

and the mighty
<0352> (8675) <0193>

of the land
<0776>_,

[those] carried
<03212> (8689)

he into captivity
<01473>

from Jerusalem
<03389>

to Babylon
<0894>_.

{officers: or, eunuchs}

24:16

And all the men
<0582>

of might
<02428>_,

[even] seven
<07651>

thousand
<0505>_,

and craftsmen
<02796>

and smiths
<04525>

a thousand
<0505>_,

all [that were] strong
<01368>

[and] apt
<06213> (8802)

for war
<04421>_,

even them the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

brought
<0935> (8686)

captive
<01473>

to Babylon
<0894>_.

24:17

And the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>

made Mattaniah
<04983>

his father's brother
<01730>

king
<04427> (8686)

in his stead, and changed
<05437> (8686)

his name
<08034>

to Zedekiah
<06667>_.

24:18

Zedekiah
<06667>

[was] twenty
<06242>

and one
<0259>

years
<08141>

old
<01121>

when he began to reign
<04427> (8800)_,

and he reigned
<04427> (8804)

eleven
<0259> <06240>

years
<08141>

in Jerusalem
<03389>_.

And his mother's
<0517>

name
<08034>

[was] Hamutal
<02537>_,

the daughter
<01323>

of Jeremiah
<03414>

of Libnah
<03841>_.

24:19

And he did
<06213> (8799)

[that which was] evil
<07451>

in the sight
<05869>

of the LORD
<03068>_,

according to all that Jehoiakim
<03079>

had done
<06213> (8804)_.

24:20

For through the anger
<0639>

of the LORD
<03068>

it came to pass in Jerusalem
<03389>

and Judah
<03063>_,

until he had cast them out
<07993> (8689)

from his presence
<06440>_,

that Zedekiah
<06667>

rebelled
<04775> (8799)

against the king
<04428>

of Babylon
<0894>_.