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2 Kings 24

Jehoiakim becomes a Babylonian vassal under Nebuchadnezzar and later rebels. Raiding bands come against Judah, and Kings connects the disaster with the LORD’s word and Manasseh’s sins, especially innocent blood. Jehoiakim dies, and Jehoiachin reigns only three months before Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem. Jehoiachin, the royal household, officials, warriors, craftsmen, and treasures are carried to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar makes Mattaniah king and renames him Zedekiah. Zedekiah later rebels.

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Jehoiakim becomes a Babylonian vassal under Nebuchadnezzar and later rebels. Raiding bands come against Judah, and Kings connects the disaster with the LORD’s word and Manasseh’s sins, especially innocent blood. Jehoiakim dies, and Jehoiachin reigns only three months before Nebuchadnezzar besieges Jerusalem. Jehoiachin, the royal household, officials, warriors, craftsmen, and treasures are carried to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar makes Mattaniah king and renames him Zedekiah. Zedekiah later rebels.

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Verses 1–7Jehoiakim serves Babylon, rebels, and Judah suffers repeated attacksVerses 8–12Jehoiachin reigns briefly and surrenders to BabylonVerses 13–16Nebuchadnezzar carries away treasures and many people from JerusalemVerses 17–20Zedekiah is made king and later rebels against Babylon
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1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and…2And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees,…3Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon…4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for…5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all…6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son…7And the king of Egypt came not again any more…8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign,…9And he did that which was evil in the sight…10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon…11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and…12And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the…13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the…14And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes,…15And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's…16And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and…17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother…18Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began…19And he did that which was evil in the sight…20For through the anger of the LORD it came to…