Dual Panel1During Jehoiakim’s reign <03117>, King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894> attacked <05927>. Jehoiakim <03079> was <01961> his subject <05650> for three <07969> years <08141>, but then he rebelled <04775> against him.
2The Lord <03068> sent <07971> against him Babylonian <03778>, Syrian <0758>, Moabite <04124>, and Ammonite <05983> <01121> raiding bands <01416>; he sent <07971> them to destroy <06> Judah <03063>, as <0834> he had warned <01696> he would do through <03027> his servants <05650> the prophets <05030>.
3Just as the Lord <03068> had announced <06310>, he rejected <05493> Judah <03063> because <06440> of all <03605> the sins <02403> which <0834> Manasseh <04519> had committed <06213>.
4Because <0834> he killed <01818> innocent <05355> people and <01571> stained <04390> <08210> Jerusalem <03389> with their blood <01818>, the Lord <03068> was unwilling <014> <03808> to forgive <05545> <05355> them.
5The rest <03499> of the events <01697> of Jehoiakim’s <03079> reign and all <03605> his accomplishments <06213>, are recorded <03789> in <05921> the scroll <05612> called the Annals <03117> <01697> of the Kings <04428> of Judah <03063>.
6He <03079> passed away <01> <05973> <07901> and his son <01121> Jehoiachin <03078> replaced <08478> him as king <04427>.
7The king <04428> of Egypt <04714> did not <03808> march out from <03318> his land <0776> again <05750>, for <03588> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894> conquered <03947> all <03605> the territory that <0834> the king <04428> of Egypt <04714> had formerly controlled <01961> between <05704> the Brook <05158> of Egypt <04714> and the Euphrates <06578> River <05104>.
8Jehoiachin <03078> was eighteen <06240> <08083> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king, and he reigned <04427> three <07969> months <02320> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Nehushta <05179> the daughter <01323> of Elnathan <0494>, from Jerusalem <03389>.
9He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068> as <0834> his ancestors <01> had done <06213>.
10At that time <06256> the generals <05650> of King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894> marched <05927> to Jerusalem <03389> and besieged <04692> the city <05892>.
11King <04428> Nebuchadnezzar <05019> of Babylon <0894> came <0935> to the city <05892> while his generals <05650> were besieging <06696> it.
12King <04428> Jehoiachin <03078> of Judah <03063>, along with his mother <0517>, his servants <05650>, his officials <08269>, and his eunuchs <05631> surrendered <03318> to <05921> the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>. The king <04428> of Babylon <0894>, in the eighth <08083> year <08141> of his reign <04427>, took <03947> Jehoiachin prisoner.
13Nebuchadnezzar took <03318> from there <08033> all <03605> the riches in the treasuries <0214> of the Lord’s <03068> temple <01004> and of the royal <04428> palace <01004>. He removed <07112> all <03605> the gold <02091> items <03627> which <0834> King <04428> Solomon <08010> of Israel <03478> had made <06213> for the Lord’s <03068> temple <01964>, just as <0834> the Lord <03068> had warned <01696>.
14He deported <01540> all <03605> the residents of Jerusalem <03389>, including all <03605> the officials <08269> and all <03605> the soldiers <02428> <01368> (10,000 <0505> <06235> people <01473> in all). This included all <03605> the craftsmen <02796> and those who worked with metal <04525>. No <03808> one was left <07604> except <02108> for the poorest <01803> among the people <05971> of the land <0776>.
15He deported <01540> Jehoiachin <03078> from Jerusalem <03389> to Babylon <0894> <0894>, along with the king’s <04428> mother <0517> and wives <0802>, his eunuchs <05631>, and the high-ranking officials <0193> of the land <0776>.
16The king <04428> of Babylon <0894> deported <01473> to Babylon <0894> all the soldiers <02428> (there were 7,000 <07651>), as well as 1,000 <0505> <0505> craftsmen <02796> and metal workers <04525>. This included all the best warriors <04421> <06213> <01368>.
17The king <04428> of Babylon <0894> made Mattaniah <04983>, Jehoiachin’s uncle <01730>, king in Jehoiachin’s place <08478>. He renamed <08034> him Zedekiah <06667>.
18Zedekiah <06667> was twenty-one <0259> <06242> years <08141> old <01121> when he became king, and he ruled <04427> for eleven <06240> <0259> years <08141> in Jerusalem <03389>. His mother <0517> was Hamutal <02537>, the daughter <01323> of Jeremiah <03414>, from Libnah <03841>.
19He did <06213> evil <07451> in the sight <05869> of the Lord <03068>, as <0834> Jehoiakim <03079> had done <06213>.
20What follows is a record of what happened <01961> to Jerusalem <03389> and Judah <03063> because <03588> of <05921> the Lord’s <03068> anger <0639>; he finally threw <07993> them out <07993> of <05921> his presence <06440>. Zedekiah <06667> rebelled <04775> against the king <04428> of Babylon <0894>.