2 Kings 23 ~ 25

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23:30And his servants drove him dead in a chariot from Megiddo and brought him to Jerusalem and buried him in his grave. And the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah and anointed him and made him king in the place of his father. Compare
23:31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. Compare
23:32And he did what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done. Compare
23:33And Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him in Riblah, in the land of Hamath, so that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and he imposed on the land a fine of one hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. Compare
23:34And Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father and changed his name to Jehoiakim. And he took Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt, and he died there. Compare
23:35And Jehoiakim gave silver and gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the silver according to Pharaoh's word. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, from each man according to his estimation, to give it to Pharaoh Neco. Compare
23:36Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pediah from Rumah. Compare
23:37And he did what was evil in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that his fathers had done. Compare
24:1In his days Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him. Compare
24:2And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the children of Ammon; and He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Jehovah, which He spoke through his servants the prophets. Compare
24:3Surely it was at the command of Jehovah that this came to pass against Judah, to remove them out of His sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, Compare
24:4And also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and Jehovah would not forgive. Compare
24:5And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Compare
24:6And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers. And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. Compare
24:7And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates. Compare
24:8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and the name of his mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem. Compare
24:9And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done. Compare
24:10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. Compare
24:11And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came against the city while his servants were besieging it. Compare
24:12And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his eunuchs; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. Compare
24:13And he brought out from there all the treasures of the house of Jehovah and the treasures of the king's house. And he cut in pieces all the golden vessels which Solomon the king of Israel had made in Jehovah's temple, as Jehovah had said. Compare
24:14And he carried away into exile all Jerusalem and 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. Compare
24:15And he carried Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; and the king's mother and the king's wives and his eunuchs and the leading men of the land, he carried away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. Compare
24:16And all the seven thousand men of valor and the one thousand craftsmen and smiths, all mighty men fit for war, even these the king of Babylon carried away into exile to Babylon. Compare
24:17Then the king of Babylon made Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and he changed his name to Zedekiah. Compare
24:18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. Compare
24:19And he did what was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. Compare
24:20For it was through the anger of Jehovah that this came to pass in Jerusalem and in Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. Compare
25:1In the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came, he and his whole army, against Jerusalem and encamped against it; and they built a siege wall against it all around. Compare
25:2So the city came under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. Compare
25:3On the ninth day of the fourth month, the famine was so severe within the city that there was no food for the people of the land. Compare
25:4Then the city was breached, and all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king's garden, while the Chaldeans were all around the city; and the king went on the way toward the Arabah. Compare
25:5And the army of the Chaldeans pursued after the king, and they overtook him in the plains of Jericho; and all his army was scattered from him. Compare
25:6And they seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, and they pronounced judgment upon him. Compare
25:7And they slaughtered Zedekiah's sons before his eyes then put out Zedekiah's eyes and bound him with bronze fetters and brought him to Babylon. Compare
25:8In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month (this was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon), Nebuzaradan, the captain of the bodyguard, the servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. Compare
25:9And he burned the house of Jehovah and the king's house and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every large house he burned with fire. Compare
25:10And all the army of the Chaldeans who were with the captain of the bodyguard broke down the walls around Jerusalem. Compare
25:11And the rest of the people who were left in the city and the deserters who deserted to the king of Babylon and the rest of the multitude, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard carried away into exile. Compare
25:12But the captain of the bodyguard left some of the poorest of the land to be vinedressers and field workers. Compare
25:13And the Chaldeans broke in pieces the bronze pillars, which were in the house of Jehovah, and the bases and the bronze sea, which were in the house of Jehovah. And they carried their bronze to Babylon. Compare
25:14And they took away the pots and the shovels and the snuffers and the cups and all the bronze vessels with which they ministered. Compare
25:15And the captain of the bodyguard took away the firepans and the bowls: that which was of gold, for its gold, and that which was of silver, for its silver. Compare
25:16As for the two pillars, the one sea, and the bases which Solomon had made for the house of Jehovah, the bronze of all these vessels was beyond weight. Compare
25:17The height of one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a bronze capital was upon it; and the height of the capital was three cubits; and a network and pomegranates were upon the capital all around, all of bronze; and the second pillar was like these with a network. Compare
25:18And the captain of the bodyguard took Seraiah the chief priest and Zephaniah the second priest and the three doorkeepers. Compare
25:19And from the city he took one eunuch, who was overseer of the men of war, and five men from the king's inner circle who were found in the city, and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. Compare
25:20And Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon in Riblah. Compare
25:21And the king of Babylon struck them down and put them to death in Riblah, in the land of Hamath; so Judah was carried away into exile out of its land. Compare
25:22And for the people who were left in the land of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon left behind, he appointed Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan over them. Compare
25:23And when all the captains of the forces, they and their men, heard that the king of Babylon had appointed Gedaliah, they came to Gedaliah at Mizpah, that is, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and Johanan the son of Kareah and Seraiah the son of Tanhumeth the Netophathite and Jaazaniah the son of the Maacathite, they and their men. Compare
25:24And Gedaliah swore to them and their men and said to them, Do not be afraid of the servants of the Chaldeans; dwell in the land and serve the king of Babylon, and it will be well with you. Compare
25:25In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah the son of Elishama, of the royal seed, came with ten men with him; and they struck down Gedaliah and he died. And they did the same to the Jews and the Chaldeans who were with him at Mizpah. Compare
25:26And all the people, both small and great, and the captains of the forces rose up and went to Egypt, for they were afraid of the Chaldeans. Compare
25:27In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin the king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evil-merodach the king of Babylon, in the year that he became king, released Jehoiachin the king of Judah from prison. Compare
25:28And he spoke with him kindly and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon. Compare
25:29And Jehoiachin changed his prison clothes and ate his food in his presence continually all the days of his life. Compare
25:30And for his allowance, a continual allowance was given to him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life. Compare

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