1During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.[ † ]2 Chronicles 36:6Jeremiah 25:1-9Daniel 1:12 Kings 20:14
2And the Lord sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the Lord had spoken through His servants the prophets.[ † ]Jeremiah 25:9Jeremiah 32:28Jeremiah 35:11Ezekiel 19:82 Kings 20:172 Kings 21:12-142 Kings 23:27 3Surely this happened to Judah at the Lord’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done,[ † ]2 Kings 21:2-112 Kings 23:26 4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was unwilling to forgive.[ † ]2 Kings 21:16
5As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
6And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.[ † ]2 Chronicles 36:6-8Jeremiah 22:18-19
7Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.[ † ]Jeremiah 37:5-7Jeremiah 46:2
8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.[ † ]1 Chronicles 3:162 Chronicles 36:9 9And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as his father had done.
10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.[ † ]Daniel 1:1 11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
12Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.[ † ]Jeremiah 22:24-30Jeremiah 24:1Jeremiah 29:1-2Ezekiel 17:122 Chronicles 36:10 13As the Lord had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the Lord and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord.[ † ]2 Kings 20:17Isaiah 39:6Daniel 5:2-3Jeremiah 20:5 14He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.[ † ]Isaiah 3:2-3Jeremiah 24:12 Kings 24:16Jeremiah 52:281 Samuel 13:192 Kings 25:12
15Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.[ † ]2 Chronicles 36:10Esther 2:6Jeremiah 22:24-28Ezekiel 17:12 16The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.[ † ]Jeremiah 52:28
17Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.[ † ]Jeremiah 37:11 Chronicles 3:152 Chronicles 36:102 Chronicles 36:4
18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.[ † ]2 Chronicles 36:11Jeremiah 52:12 Kings 23:31
19And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done.[ † ]2 Chronicles 36:12
20For because of the anger of the Lord, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.[ † ]2 Chronicles 36:13Ezekiel 17:15