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In his days[H3117]Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] came up[H5927], and Jehoiakim[H3079] became his servant[H5650]three[H7969]years[H8141]: then he turned[H7725] and rebelled[H4775] against him.
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And the LORD[H3068]sent[H7971] against him bands[H1416] of the Chaldees[H3778], and bands[H1416] of the Syrians[H758], and bands[H1416] of the Moabites[H4124], and bands[H1416] of the children[H1121] of Ammon[H5983], and sent[H7971] them against Judah[H3063] to destroy[H6] it, according to the word[H1697] of the LORD[H3068], which he spake[H1696]by[H3027] his servants[H5650] the prophets[H5030].
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Surely at the commandment[H6310] of the LORD[H3068] came this upon Judah[H3063], to remove[H5493] them out of his sight[H6440], for the sins[H2403] of Manasseh[H4519], according to all that he did[H6213];
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And also for the innocent[H5355]blood[H1818] that he shed[H8210]: for he filled[H4390]Jerusalem[H3389] with innocent[H5355]blood[H1818]; which the LORD[H3068]would[H14] not pardon[H5545].
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Now the rest[H3499] of the acts[H1697] of Jehoiakim[H3079], and all that he did[H6213], are they not written[H3789] in the book[H5612] of the chronicles[H1697] of the kings[H4428] of Judah?[H3063]
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So Jehoiakim[H3079]slept[H7901] with his fathers[H1]: and Jehoiachin[H3078] his son[H1121]reigned[H4427] in his stead.
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And the king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714]came[H3318] not again[H3254] any more out of his land[H776]: for the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] had taken[H3947] from the river[H5158] of Egypt[H4714] unto the river[H5104]Euphrates[H6578] all that pertained to the king[H4428] of Egypt[H4714].
8Jehoiachin[H3078] was eighteen[H8083]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427] in Jerusalem[H3389]three[H7969]months[H2320]. And his mother's name[H8034] was Nehushta[H5179], the daughter[H1323] of Elnathan[H494] of Jerusalem[H3389].
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And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], according to all that his father[H1] had done[H6213].
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At that time[H6256] the servants[H5650] of Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] came up[H5927] against Jerusalem[H3389], and the city[H5892] was besieged[H935].
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And Nebuchadnezzar[H5019]king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]came[H935] against the city[H5892], and his servants[H5650] did besiege[H6696] it.
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And Jehoiachin[H3078] the king[H4428] of Judah[H3063] went out[H3318] to the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894], he, and his mother[H517], and his servants[H5650], and his princes[H8269], and his officers[H5631]: and the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]took[H3947] him in the eighth[H8083]year[H8141] of his reign[H4427].
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And he carried out[H3318] thence all the treasures[H214] of the house[H1004] of the LORD[H3068], and the treasures[H214] of the king[H4428]'s house[H1004], and cut in pieces[H7112] all the vessels[H3627] of gold[H2091] which Solomon[H8010]king[H4428] of Israel[H3478] had made[H6213] in the temple[H1964] of the LORD[H3068], as the LORD[H3068] had said[H1696].
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And he carried away[H1540] all Jerusalem[H3389], and all the princes[H8269], and all the mighty men[H1368] of valour[H2428], even ten[H6235]thousand[H505]captives[H1540], and all the craftsmen[H2796] and smiths[H4525]: none remained[H7604], save[H2108] the poorest sort[H1803] of the people[H5971] of the land[H776].
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And he carried[H3212]away[H1540]Jehoiachin[H3078] to Babylon[H894], and the king's mother[H517], and the king's wives[H802], and his officers[H5631], and the mighty[H352] of the land[H776], those carried[H3212] he into captivity[H1473] from Jerusalem[H3389] to Babylon[H894].
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And all the men[H582] of might[H2428], even seven[H7651]thousand[H505], and craftsmen[H2796] and smiths[H4525] a thousand[H505], all that were strong[H1368] and apt[H6213] for war[H4421], even them the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894]brought[H935]captive[H1473] to Babylon[H894].
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And the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894] made Mattaniah[H4983] his father's brother[H1730]king[H4427] in his stead, and changed[H5437] his name[H8034] to Zedekiah[H6667].
18Zedekiah[H6667] was twenty[H6242] and one[H259]years[H8141]old[H1121] when he began to reign[H4427], and he reigned[H4427]eleven[H259]years[H8141] in Jerusalem[H3389]. And his mother's name[H8034] was Hamutal[H2537], the daughter[H1323] of Jeremiah[H3414] of Libnah[H3841].
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And he did[H6213] that which was evil[H7451] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068], according to all that Jehoiakim[H3079] had done[H6213].
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For through the anger[H639] of the LORD[H3068] it came to pass in Jerusalem[H3389] and Judah[H3063], until he had cast them out[H7993] from his presence[H6440], that Zedekiah[H6667]rebelled[H4775] against the king[H4428] of Babylon[H894].