2 Kings 24
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In his days Nebuchadnez'zar king of
Babylon came up, Jer. 25.1-38 · Dan. 1.1, 2 and
Jehoi'akim became his servant three years: then he turned and
rebelled against him.
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And the LORD sent
against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and
bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent
them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the
LORD, which he spake by his servants the
prophets.
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Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manas'seh, according
to all that he did;
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and also for the innocent blood that he
shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
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Now the rest of the acts of Jehoi'akim,
and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the
Chronicles of the kings of Judah?
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So Jehoi'akim slept with his fathers: and
Jehoi'achin his son reigned in his stead.
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And the king of Egypt came not again any
more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the
river of Egypt unto the river Euphra'tes all that pertained to the
king of Egypt.
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Jehoiachin and the
Nobles Taken Captive to Babylon |
2 Chr. 36.9, 10 |
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Jehoi'achin was eighteen years
old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three
months. And his mother's name was Nehush'ta, the daughter of
Elna'than of Jerusalem.
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And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD, according to all that
his father had done.
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At that time the servants of
Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the
city was besieged.
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And Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came
against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
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And Jehoi'achin the king of Judah went
out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants,
and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him
in the eighth year of his reign. Jer. 22.24-30 ; 24.1-10 ; 29.1, 2
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And he carried out thence 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, as the LORD had
said.
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And he carried away all Jerusalem, and
all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten
thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained,
save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
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And he carried away Jehoi'achin to
Babylon, Ezek. 17.12 and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his
officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into
captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that
were strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
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And the king of Babylon made Mattani'ah
his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to
Zedeki'ah. Jer. 37.1 · Ezek. 17.13
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The Reign of
Zedekiah |
2 Chr. 3.6-11 · Jer. 52.1-3 |
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Zedeki'ah was twenty and one
years old when he began to reign, Jer. 27.1-22 ; 28.1-17 and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's
name was Hamu'tal, the daughter of Jeremiah of
Libnah.
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And he did that which was evil in
the sight of the LORD, according to all that
Jehoi'akim had done.
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For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he
had cast them out from his presence, that Zedeki'ah rebelled against
the king of Babylon. Ezek. 17.15
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