^aIn his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and revolted against him. 2 And the LORD sent against him ^abands of Chaldeans, ^bbands of Arameans, ^cbands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^din accordance with the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets. 3 ^aIt indeed came upon Judah at the ¹command of the LORD, to remove them from His sight ^bdue to the sins of Manasseh, in accordance with everything that he had done, 4 and ^aalso for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD was unwilling to forgive. 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 So ^aJehoiakim ¹lay down with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place. 7 Now ^athe king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, ^bbecause the king of Babylon had taken everything that belonged to the king of Egypt from ^cthe brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

8 ^aJehoiachin was ^beighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, ^ain accordance with all that his father had done.

10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. 12 Then ^aJehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials. And ^bthe king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign. 13 ^aHe also brought out from there all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and he ^bsmashed all the articles of gold ^cthat Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, just as the LORD had said. 14 Then ^ahe led into exile all the people of Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the valiant warriors, ^bten thousand exiles, and ^call the craftsmen and the smiths. None were left ^dexcept the poorest people of the land.

15 So ^ahe led Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother, the king’s wives, and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the valiant men, ^aseven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, a thousand, all strong and fit for war, these too the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon.

17 ^aThen the king of Babylon made ¹his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18 ^aZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^bHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, ^ain accordance with everything that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For it was ^adue to the anger of the LORD that this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He cast them out of His presence. And ^bZedekiah revolted against the king of Babylon.