2 Kings 24 (NET)

2 Kings 24:1¹During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:2²The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, just as in the Lord ’s message that he had announced through his servants the prophets.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:3³Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins that Manasseh had committed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:4⁴Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:5⁵The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:6⁶He passed away and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:7⁷The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Stream of Egypt and the Euphrates River.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:8⁸Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:9⁹He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:10¹⁰At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:11¹¹King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:12¹²King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took Jehoiachin prisoner.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:13¹³Nebuchadnezzar took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord ’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items that King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord ’s temple, just as the Lord had warned.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:14¹⁴He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers (10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:15¹⁵He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king’s mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:16¹⁶The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:17¹⁷The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:18¹⁸Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:19¹⁹He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s

2 Kings 24:20²⁰What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord ’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’s