24:1 In his days went up Nabuchodonosor king
of Babylon, and Joakim became his servant three years; and [then] he turned
and revolted from him.
24:2 And the lord sent against him the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands
of Syria, and the ans of Moab, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and
sent them into the land of Judah to prevail [against it], according to the
word of Yehovah, which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
24:3 Moreover it was the purpose of Yehovah concerning Judah, to remove them
from his presence, because of the sins of Manasses, according to all that he
did.
24:4 Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent
blood, and Yehovah would not pardon [it].
24:5 And the rest of the acts of Joakim, and all that he did, behold, [are]
not these written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
24:6 And Joakim slept with his fathers: and Joachim his son reigned in his
stead.
24:7 And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of
Babylon took away all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the river of
Egypt as far as the river Euphrates.
24:8 Eighteen years old [was] Joachim when he began to reign, an he reigned
three months in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Nestha, daughter of
Ellanastham, of Jerusalem.
24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah, according to
all that his father did.
24:10 At that time went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and
the city was besieged.
24:11 And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came against the city, and his
servants besieged it.
24:12 And Joachim king of Judah came forth to the king of Babylon, he and his
servants, and his mother, and his princes, and his eunuchs; and the king of
Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
24:13 And he brought forth thence all the treasures of the house of the
Lord, and the treasures of the king's house, and he cut up all the golden
vessels which Solomon the king of Israel [had] made in the temple of the
Lord, according to the word of Yehovah.
24:14 And he carried away [the inhabitants of] Jerusalem, and all the
captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and
every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left.
24:15 And he carried Joachim away to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the
king's wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the
land into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
24:16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and one thousand
artificers and smiths: all [were] mighty [men] fit for war; and the king of
Babylon carried them captive to Babylon.
24:17 And the king of Babylon made Batthanias his son king in his stead, and
called his name Sedekias.
24:18 Twenty and one years old [was] Sedekias when he began to reign, and he
reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's name [was] Amital
daughter of Jeremias.
24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah, according to
all that Joachim did.
24:20 For it was according to Yehovah's anger against Jerusalem and on Judah,
until he cast them out of his presence, that Sedekias revolted against the
king of Babylon. |
24:1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of
Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he
turned and rebelled against him.
24:2 And Yehovah 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 Yehovah,
which he spake by his servants the prophets.
24:3 Surely at the commandment of Yehovah came this upon Judah, to remove
them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he
did;
24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem
with innocent blood; which Yehovah would not pardon.
24:5 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?
24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in
his stead.
24:7 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.
24:8 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.
24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah, according to
all that his father had done.
24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his
servants did besiege it.
24:12 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.
24:13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Yehovah,
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 Yehovah, as the
Yehovah had said.
24:14 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.
24:15 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.
24:16 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.
24:17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in
his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
24:18 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.
24:19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of Yehovah, according to
all that Jehoiakim had done.
24:20 For through the anger of Yehovah 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. |