King Jehoiakim of Judah

(2 Chronicles 36.5-8)

^36 (A) Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled 11 years from Jerusalem. His mother Zebidah was the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah. ³⁷ Jehoiakim disobeyed the Lord by following the example of his ancestors.

24 ^(B) During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia^[a] invaded and took control of Judah. Jehoiakim obeyed Nebuchadnezzar for three years, but then he rebelled.

² At that time, the Lord started sending troops to rob and destroy towns in Judah. Some of these troops were from Babylonia, and others were from Syria, Moab, and Ammon. The Lord had sent his servants the prophets to warn Judah about this, ³ and now he was making it happen. The country of Judah was going to be wiped out, because Manasseh had sinned ⁴ and caused many innocent people to die. The Lord would not forgive this.

⁵ Everything else Jehoiakim did while he was king is written in The History of the Kings of Judah. ⁶ Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king.

King Jehoiakim of Judah

(2 Kings 23.36—24.7)

^5 (A) Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled 11 years from Jerusalem. Jehoiakim disobeyed the Lord his God by doing evil.

^6 (B) During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah. He arrested Jehoiakim and put him in chains, and he sent him to the capital city of Babylon. ⁷ Nebuchadnezzar also carried off many of the valuable things in the Lord's temple, and he put them in his palace in Babylon.