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2 Kings chapter 24
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During his reign, King of Babylon invaded, and Jehoiakim became his for three years. Then he turned and against him. sent Babylonian against him, along with Aramean raiding parties, Moabite raiding parties, and Ammonite raiding parties. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, exactly as Yahweh had spoken through his servants the .This happened to Judah entirely because Yahweh commanded it — to because of all the Manasseh had committed,and also because of the he had shed. He filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh was not willing to that.As for the rest of what Jehoiakim did — everything he accomplished — isn’t it all written in the of the kings of Judah?Jehoiakim , and his son became king in his place.The king of Egypt never came out of his country again, because the king of Babylon had taken everything that belonged to Egypt’s king — from the all the way to the .Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for . was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.He did what was , just like everything his father had done.At that time, the of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched against Jerusalem and put the city under .Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon to the city while his officers were besieging it.King Jehoiachin of Judah to the king of Babylon — he, his mother, his officials, his commanders, and his . The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the .He carried off all the treasures from and all the treasures from the royal palace. He stripped the gold from all the gold items that King of Israel had made for Yahweh’s temple — exactly as Yahweh had warned.He all of Jerusalem — all the commanders, all the experienced warriors, ten thousand captives — along with all the . No one was left except the of the land.He deported Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with the , the king’s wives, his court officers, and the of the land. He took them as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.The king of Babylon brought to Babylon all — strong and — plus a thousand craftsmen and metalworkers as captives.The king of Babylon made — Jehoiachin’s uncle — king in his place, and .Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was daughter of Jeremiah, from .He did what was , just like everything Jehoiakim had done.It was because of that all of this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, until he finally . Then Zedekiah against the king of Babylon.