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Chapter 24
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In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and
Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned
and rebelled against him. |
2
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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. |
3
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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
Manasseh, according to all that he did; |
4
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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. |
5
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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
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So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his
son reigned in his stead. |
7
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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 Euphrates all that pertained to
the king of Egypt. |
8
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Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign,
and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother's
name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. |
9
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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. |
10
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At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. |
11
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And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city,
and his servants did besiege it. |
12
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And Jehoiachin 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. |
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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. |
14
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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. |
15
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And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, 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. |
16
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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. |
17
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And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother
king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. |
18
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Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to
reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his
mother's name was Hamutal, 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 Jehoiakim had done. |
20
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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 Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. |
