Nebuchadnezzar Takes Judah Captive to Babylon |
2 Kings 24:1-20 2 Kings [in Smaller Chunks] |
[During the days of Jehoiakim's rule,] Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up & invaded the land. Jehoiakim [a.k.a. Eliakim] became [Nebuchadnezzar's] servant for 3 years. Then, [Jehoiakim,] turned & rebelled against [Nebuchadnezzar]. |
The Lord sent bands [of rebels from] the Chaldees [a.k.a. Babylon,] Syrians, Moabites & the children [people] of Ammon against [Jehoiakim, in] Judah to destroy it, according to the Word of the Lord, [that] He spoke by HIs servants, the prophets. |
This surely came upon Judah at the command of the Lord to remove them out of His sight, for the sins of [king] Manasseh, according to all that he did [when he worshiped false gods & idols, used astrology & witchcraft.] |
Also, for the blood [of the] innocent that Manasseh shed [that] filled Jerusalem, which the Lord [God wouldn't] pardon. [Aren't] the rest of the [actions] of Jehoiakim & all that he did, written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? |
So, Jehoiakim [died] & slept with his [forefathers]. Jehoiachin, his son, [ruled] in his [place]. [Egypt's] king [didn't] come out of his land anymore: [since Babylon's] king had taken all the [territory,] from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates River, that pertained to the king of Egypt. |
Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] in Jerusalem 3 months. His mother's name was Hehushta, [Elnathan's] daughter, [from] Jerusalem. |
[Jehoiachin] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord [God,] according to all his [forefathers] had done. At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against Jerusalem & [surrounded] the city. |
[When,] Nebuchadnezzar, [Babylon's] king, came up against Jerusalem, his servants [were attacking] it. Jehoiachin, [Judah's] king, went out [with] his mother, [wives,] servants, princes & officers, to [Babylon's] king & in the 8th year [Nebuchadnezzar ruled, he captured] them. |
He carried out all the treasures of the [Lord's] house & cut into pieces all the gold vessels [that] Solomon [a previous] king of Israel made [for] the temple of the Lord, [like] the Lord had said. |
[Nebuchadnezzar] carried away [captive] all [of] Jerusalem, all the: [officers,] the 7,000 mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives & all [were able to go to] war & all the 1,000 craftsmen, 1,000 [black] smiths [went] into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon & none remained, [except for] the poorest people of the land. |
And he carried away Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon [along with:] the king's mother, wives, officers & the mighty of the land [went] into captivity. And [Babylon's] king made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king [in his place] & changed his name to Zedekiah. |
Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to [rule] & he [ruled] 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, [Jeremiah's] daughter, [from] Libnah. And [Zedekiah] did [what] was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done [in worshiping false gods & idols]. |
[Because of] the anger of the Lord [& all the wickedness that happened] in Jerusalem & Judah & [Zedekiah's rebelling] against [Babylon's] king, [until the Lord God thrust] them out from His presence. |