2 Kings 24

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

1 In a his days Nebuchadnezzar king of b Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 c And the LORD sent against him raiding 1 bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, d according to the word of the LORD which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight e because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 4 f and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the LORD would not pardon. 5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? 6 g So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 7 And h the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for i the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

8 j Jehoiachin 2 was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

Jerusalem Captured

10 k At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city 3 was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it. 12 l Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, m in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner. 13 n And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD and the treasures of the king's house, and he o cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, p as the LORD had said. 14 Also q he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, r ten thousand captives, and s all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except t the poorest people of the land. 15 And u he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king's mother, the king's wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 v All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17 Then w the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, x Jehoiachin's 4 uncle, king in his place, and y changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

18 z Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was a Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 b He also did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

20 For because of the anger of the LORD this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. c Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

  1. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:6
    Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 25:1
    The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon).
    Jeremiah 25:9
    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' says the LORD, 'and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
    Daniel 1:1
    In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
  2. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:14
    Then Isaiah the prophet went to King Hezekiah, and said to him, "What did these men say, and from where did they come to you?" So Hezekiah said, "They came from a far country, from Babylon.
  3. Cross References
    Jeremiah 25:9
    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north,' says the LORD, 'and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant, and will bring them against this land, against its inhabitants, and against these nations all around, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, a hissing, and perpetual desolations.
    Jeremiah 32:28
    Therefore thus says the LORD: 'Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the Chaldeans, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall take it.
    Jeremiah 35:11
    "But it came to pass, when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, that we said, 'Come, let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans and for fear of the army of the Syrians.' So we dwell at Jerusalem."
    Ezekiel 19:8
    Then the nations set against him from the provinces on every side, And spread their net over him; He was trapped in their pit.
  4. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:17
    Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,' says the LORD.
    2 Kings 21:12 - 14
    Therefore thus says the LORD God of Israel: 'Behold, I am bringing such calamity upon Jerusalem and Judah, that whoever hears of it, both his ears will tingle.
    2 Kings 23:27
    And the LORD said, "I will also remove Judah from My sight, as I have removed Israel, and will cast off this city Jerusalem which I have chosen, and the house of which I said, 'My name shall be there.'
  5. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:2
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, according to the abominations of the nations whom the LORD had cast out before the children of Israel.
    2 Kings 21:11
    Because Manasseh king of Judah has done these abominations ( he has acted more wickedly than all the Amorites who were before him, and has also made Judah sin with his idols).
    2 Kings 23:26
    Nevertheless the LORD did not turn from the fierceness of His great wrath, with which His anger was aroused against Judah, because of all the provocations with which Manasseh had provoked Him.
  6. Cross References
    2 Kings 21:16
    Moreover Manasseh shed very much innocent blood, till he had filled Jerusalem from one end to another, besides his sin by which he made Judah sin, in doing evil in the sight of the LORD.
  7. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:6
    Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in bronze fetters to carry him off to Babylon.
    2 Chronicles 36:8
    Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations which he did, and what was found against him, indeed they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
    Jeremiah 22:18
    Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: "They shall not lament for him, Saying, 'Alas, my brother!' or 'Alas, my sister!' They shall not lament for him, Saying, 'Alas, master!' or 'Alas, his glory!
    Jeremiah 22:19
    He shall be buried with the burial of a donkey, Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
  8. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:5 - 7
    Then Pharaoh's army came up from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news of them, they departed from Jerusalem.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 46:2
    Against Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
  10. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 3:16
    The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
    2 Chronicles 36:9
    Jehoiachin was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
  11. Cross References
    Daniel 1:1
    In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:24 - 30
    As I live," says the LORD, "though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off.
    Jeremiah 24:1
    The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 29:1
    Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem to the remainder of the elders who were carried away captive - to the priests, the prophets, and all the people whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 29:2
    (This happened after Jeconiah the king, the queen mother, the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.)
    Ezekiel 17:12
    Say now to the rebellious house: 'Do you not know what these things mean? ' Tell them, 'Indeed the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon.
  13. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:10
    At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  14. Cross References
    2 Kings 20:17
    Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,' says the LORD.
    Isaiah 39:6
    Behold, the days are coming when all that is in your house, and what your fathers have accumulated until this day, shall be carried to Babylon; nothing shall be left,' says the LORD.
  15. Cross References
    Daniel 5:2
    While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels which his father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them.
    Daniel 5:3
    Then they brought the gold vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 20:5
    Moreover I will deliver all the wealth of this city, all its produce, and all its precious things; all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, who will plunder them, seize them, and carry them to Babylon.
  17. Cross References
    Isaiah 3:2
    The mighty man and the man of war, The judge and the prophet, And the diviner and the elder.
    Isaiah 3:3
    The captain of fifty and the honorable man, The counselor and the skillful artisan, And the expert enchanter.
    Jeremiah 24:1
    The LORD showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the LORD, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
  18. Cross References
    2 Kings 24:16
    All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
    Jeremiah 52:28
    These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews.
  19. Cross References
    1 Samuel 13:19
    Now there was no blacksmith to be found throughout all the land of Israel, for the Philistines said, "Lest the Hebrews make swords or spears.
  20. Cross References
    2 Kings 25:12
    But the captain of the guard left some of the poor of the land as vinedressers and farmers.
  21. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:10
    At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
    Esther 2:6
    Kish had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
    Jeremiah 22:24 - 28
    As I live," says the LORD, "though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off.
    Ezekiel 17:12
    Say now to the rebellious house: 'Do you not know what these things mean? ' Tell them, 'Indeed the king of Babylon went to Jerusalem and took its king and princes, and led them with him to Babylon.
  22. Cross References
    Jeremiah 52:28
    These are the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year, three thousand and twenty-three Jews.
  23. Cross References
    Jeremiah 37:1
    Now King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
  24. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 3:15
    The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
    2 Chronicles 36:10
    At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, with the costly articles from the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah, Jehoiakim's brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  25. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:4
    Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz's brother Eliakim king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother and carried him off to Egypt.
  26. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:11
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
    Jeremiah 52:1
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
  27. Cross References
    2 Kings 23:31
    Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
  28. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:12
    He did evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the LORD.
  29. Cross References
    2 Chronicles 36:13
    And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel.
    Ezekiel 17:15
    But he rebelled against him by sending his ambassadors to Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Can he break a covenant and still be delivered?
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