God sends enemies to attack Judah
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In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became
his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
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And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the
Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and
sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD,
which he spake by his servants the prophets.
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Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them
out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
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And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with
innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
God sent Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, to destroy Judah to punish Jehoiakim for the sins of Manasseh.
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Now 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?
6So Jehoiakim slept with
his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the
king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates
all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
Jehoiakim died and his son Jehoiachin became king. [
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8Jehoiachin was eighteen
years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three
months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of
Jerusalem.
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for three months. [
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all
that his father had done.
He did evil in God's sight just like his father.
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At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up
against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
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And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants
did besiege it.
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And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and
his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the
king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
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And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and
the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold
which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD
had said.
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And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty
men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths:
none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
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And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the
king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he
into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a
thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of
Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, conquered Jerusalem and took its people captive.
Zedekiah becomes king of Judah
24:17-20
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And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and
changed his name to Zedekiah.
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Zedekiah was twenty and 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 of Libnah.
Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin's uncle king, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all
that Jehoiakim had done.
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For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah,
until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against
the king of Babylon.
Zedekiah did what was evil in God's sight, just like his father Jehoiakim had done.
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