1 In|strong="H8141" the|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H4428" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079", King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3117" country of|strong="H4428" Judah. Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" served|strong="H1961" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" for|strong="H3117" three|strong="H7969" years|strong="H8141". Then|strong="H1961" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" turned|strong="H7725" against|strong="H5927" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" and|strong="H4428" broke away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" his|strong="H7725" rule|strong="H4428".
2 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" sent|strong="H7971" groups|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Babylonians|strong="H3778", Arameans|strong="H0758", Moabites|strong="H4124", and|strong="H1121" Ammonites|strong="H5983" to|strong="H1696" fight against|strong="H1696" Jehoiakim. He|strong="H0834" sent|strong="H7971" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H1696" destroy|strong="H0006" Judah|strong="H3063". This|strong="H1697" happened|strong="H1697" just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696". He|strong="H0834" used his|strong="H3068" servants|strong="H5650" the|strong="H0853" prophets|strong="H5030" to|strong="H1696" say|strong="H1696" those|strong="H0834" things|strong="H1697".
3 The|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" commanded|strong="H6310" this|strong="H0834" to|strong="H1961" happen|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" Judah|strong="H3063". In|strong="H5921" this|strong="H0834" way|strong="H6440" he|strong="H0834" would|strong="H3068" remove|strong="H5493" them|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5493" his|strong="H3605" sight|strong="H6440". He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" this|strong="H0834" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" sins|strong="H2403" that|strong="H0834" Manasseh|strong="H4519" committed|strong="H6213".
4 He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H0834" this|strong="H0834" because|strong="H0834" Manasseh killed many innocent|strong="H5355" people|strong="H0834" and|strong="H3068" filled|strong="H4390" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" with|strong="H4390" their|strong="H3068" blood|strong="H1818". The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" would|strong="H0014" not|strong="H3808" forgive|strong="H5545" these|strong="H0834" sins.
5 The|strong="H3605" other|strong="H3605" things|strong="H1697" that|strong="H0834" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" did|strong="H6213" are|strong="H0834" written|strong="H3789" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" book|strong="H5612", \+w The|strong="H3605"\+w* History \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w the|strong="H3605"\+w* \+w Kings|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w of|strong="H4428"\+w* \+w Judah|strong="H3063"\+w*.
6 Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" died and|strong="H1121" was|strong="H1121" buried with|strong="H5973" his|strong="H8478" ancestors|strong="H0001". His|strong="H8478" son|strong="H1121" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" became|strong="H4427" the|strong="H8478" new king|strong="H4427" after him|strong="H5973".
7 The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" captured|strong="H3947" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" between|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" Brook|strong="H5158" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" Euphrates|strong="H6578" River|strong="H5104". This|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" was|strong="H1961" previously|strong="H3808" controlled by|strong="H1961" Egypt|strong="H4714". So|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714" did|strong="H0834" not|strong="H3808" leave|strong="H3318" Egypt|strong="H4714" anymore|strong="H5750".
8 Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" was|strong="H8034" 18 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" three|strong="H7969" months|strong="H2320" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H8034" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Nehushta daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Elnathan|strong="H0494" from|strong="H1121" Jerusalem|strong="H3389".
9 Jehoiachin did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said was|strong="H0834" wrong|strong="H7451". He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" same things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" his|strong="H3605" father|strong="H0001" had|strong="H3068" done|strong="H6213".
10 At|strong="H4428" that|strong="H1931" time|strong="H6256" the|strong="H0935" officers|strong="H5650" of|strong="H4428" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H0935" surrounded it|strong="H1931".
11 Then|strong="H0935" King|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H5019" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" came|strong="H0935" to|strong="H0935" the|strong="H5921" city|strong="H5892".
12 King|strong="H4428" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" of|strong="H4428" Judah|strong="H3063" went|strong="H3318" out|strong="H3318" to|strong="H5921" meet|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894". His|strong="H5921" mother|strong="H0517", his|strong="H5921" officers|strong="H8269", leaders|strong="H8269", and|strong="H3063" officials|strong="H8269" also|strong="H0853" went|strong="H3318" with|strong="H5921" him|strong="H5921". Then|strong="H3318" the|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" captured|strong="H3947" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078". This|strong="H1931" was|strong="H1931" during the|strong="H0853" eighth|strong="H8083" year|strong="H8141" of|strong="H4428" Nebuchadnezzar’s rule|strong="H4428".
13 Nebuchadnezzar|strong="H8033" took|strong="H3318" from|strong="H3318" Jerusalem all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004" and|strong="H3068" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" treasures|strong="H0214" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" king’s|strong="H4428" palace|strong="H1004". He|strong="H0834" cut|strong="H7112" up|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" golden|strong="H2091" dishes that|strong="H0834" King|strong="H4428" Solomon|strong="H8010" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" had|strong="H3068" put|strong="H3318" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" LORD’S|strong="H3068" Temple|strong="H1004". This|strong="H0834" happened just|strong="H0834" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" had|strong="H3068" said|strong="H1696".
14 Nebuchadnezzar captured all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5971" of|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389", including|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" leaders|strong="H8269" and|strong="H0776" other|strong="H3605" wealthy|strong="H2428" people|strong="H5971". He|strong="H3808" took|strong="H0853" 10,000 people|strong="H5971" and|strong="H0776" made|strong="H3605" them|strong="H0853" prisoners. He|strong="H3808" took|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" skilled|strong="H2796" workers|strong="H2796" and|strong="H0776" craftsmen|strong="H2796". No|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3605" was|strong="H0776" left|strong="H7604", except|strong="H2108" the|strong="H3605" poorest of|strong="H0776" the|strong="H3605" common|strong="H0776" people|strong="H5971".
15 Nebuchadnezzar took|strong="H0853" Jehoiachin|strong="H3078" to|strong="H3389" Babylon|strong="H0894" as|strong="H0776" a|strong="H0776" prisoner. He|strong="H0853" also|strong="H0853" took|strong="H0853" the|strong="H0853" king’s|strong="H4428" mother|strong="H0517", his|strong="H1540" wives|strong="H0802", officers|strong="H5631", and|strong="H0776" the|strong="H0853" leading men of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H0853" land|strong="H0776". He|strong="H0853" took|strong="H0853" them|strong="H0853" from|strong="H0776" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" to|strong="H3389" Babylon|strong="H0894" as|strong="H0776" prisoners.
16 There|strong="H0894" were|strong="H0376" 7000 soldiers|strong="H0376". Nebuchadnezzar took|strong="H0853" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" soldiers|strong="H0376" and|strong="H0935" 1000 of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" skilled|strong="H2796" workers|strong="H6213" and|strong="H0935" craftsmen|strong="H2796". All|strong="H3605" these|strong="H3605" men|strong="H0376" were|strong="H0376" trained|strong="H6213" soldiers|strong="H0376", ready for|strong="H3605" war|strong="H4421". The|strong="H3605" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" took|strong="H0853" them|strong="H0853" to|strong="H0935" Babylon|strong="H0894" as|strong="H0935" prisoners.
17 The|strong="H0853" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Babylon|strong="H0894" made|strong="H5437" Mattaniah|strong="H4983" the|strong="H0853" new king|strong="H4428". Mattaniah|strong="H4983" was|strong="H8034" Jehoiachin’s|strong="H1730" uncle|strong="H1730". He|strong="H0853" changed|strong="H5437" his|strong="H8478" name|strong="H8034" to|strong="H4428" Zedekiah|strong="H6667".
18 Zedekiah|strong="H6667" was|strong="H8034" 21 years|strong="H8141" old|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" he|strong="H3389" began to|strong="H3389" rule|strong="H4427". He|strong="H3389" ruled|strong="H4427" 11 years|strong="H8141" in|strong="H8141" Jerusalem|strong="H3389". His|strong="H8034" mother’s|strong="H0517" name|strong="H8034" was|strong="H8034" Hamutal|strong="H2537" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" from|strong="H1121" Libnah|strong="H3841".
19 Zedekiah did|strong="H6213" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said was|strong="H0834" wrong|strong="H7451". He|strong="H0834" did|strong="H6213" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" same things|strong="H3605" that|strong="H0834" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" did|strong="H6213".
20 The|strong="H0853" LORD|strong="H3068" became|strong="H1961" so|strong="H1961" angry|strong="H0639" with|strong="H3068" Jerusalem|strong="H3389" and|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" that|strong="H3588" he|strong="H3588" threw|strong="H7993" them|strong="H0853" away|strong="H7993".