And the LORDsentagainst him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sentthemagainstJudah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
And the king of Egyptcame not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had takenfrom the river of Egyptunto the riverEuphrates all thatpertained to the king of Egypt.
Jehoiachin was eighteenyears old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalemthreemonths. And his mother’sname was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
And Jehoiachin the king of Judahwent out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylontook him in the eighthyear of his reign.
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’shouse, and cut in pieces all the vessels of goldwhichSolomonking of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.
And he carriedaway all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousandcaptives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: noneremained, save the poorestsort of the people of the land.
And he carriedawayJehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’smother, and the king’swives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, thosecarried he intocaptivityfromJerusalem to Babylon.
And all the men of might, evenseventhousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all thatwerestrong and apt for war, eventhem the king of Babylonbroughtcaptive to Babylon.
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reignedelevenyears in Jerusalem. And his mother’sname was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had castthem out from his presence, thatZedekiahrebelledagainst the king of Babylon.