Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.(A)

Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again,(B) for the king of Babylon took everything that belonged to the king of Egypt,(C) from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.(D)

Judah’s King Jehoiachin

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king and reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.(E) He did what was evil in the Lord’s sight as his father had done.

Deportations to Babylon

10 At that time(F) the servants of Nebuchadnezzar(G) king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 11 Then King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. 12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials, surrendered to the king of Babylon.(H)

So the king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. 13 He also carried off from there all the treasures of the Lord’s temple and the treasures of the king’s palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made(I) for the Lord’s sanctuary, just as God had predicted.(J) 14 Then he deported all Jerusalem and all the commanders and all the fighting men,(K) 10,000 captives,(L) and all the craftsmen and metalsmiths.(M) Except for the poorest people of the land,(N) no one remained.

15 Nebuchadnezzar deported Jehoiachin to Babylon. Also, he took the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.(O) 16 The king of Babylon also brought captive into Babylon all 7,000 fighting men and 1,000 craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for war. 17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s[a] uncle,[b] king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.(P)

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:17 Lit his
  2. 2 Kings 24:17 = brother in 2Ch 36:10; Jr 37:1

Jerusalem’s Last Days

37 Zedekiah son of Josiah(A) reigned as king in the land of Judah(B) in place of Jehoiachin[a](C) son of Jehoiakim, for Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made him king.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:1 = Coniah

Jehoiachin Pardoned

31 On the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, Evil-merodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, pardoned King Jehoiachin of Judah and released him from prison.

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