“and also for the innocent blood which he shed for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood which the Lord would not pardon.”
2 Kings 24
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1During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
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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.
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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,
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4and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.
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?
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6And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
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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.
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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.
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9And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
“And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.”
10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
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11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
“And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came against the city, and his servants did besiege 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.
“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.”
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.
“And he carried out since all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and all the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessel of gold which Solomon, king of Israel, had made in the temple of the Lord, as the…”
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.
“also, he carried into captivity all Jerusalem, all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ten thousand captives and all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.”
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.
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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.
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17Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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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.
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19And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
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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.
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