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Isn’t everything else about Jehoiakim—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? Jehoiakim lay down in death with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiakin succeeded him as king.

The king of Egypt didn’t leave his own country again because the king of Babylon had taken all the territory from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates River. This territory had belonged to the king of Egypt.

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As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign,(A) and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? Jehoiakim rested(B) with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin(C) his son succeeded him as king.

The king of Egypt(D) did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon(E) had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

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