2 Kings 23:31-24:7

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Jehoahaz's Reign and Captivity

^31 (A)Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was ^(B)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ³² And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(C)according to all that his fathers had done. ³³ And ^(D)Pharaoh Neco put him in bonds at ^(E)Riblah in the land of ^(F)Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem, and laid on the land a tribute of a hundred talents^[a] of silver and a talent of gold. ³⁴ And ^(G)Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and ^(H)changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away, ^(I)and he came to Egypt and died there. ³⁵ And Jehoiakim ^(J)gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the command of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

Jehoiakim Reigns in Judah

^36 (K)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. ³⁷ And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(L)according to all that his fathers had done.

24 ^(M)In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. ² And the Lord sent against him bands of the ^(N)Chaldeans and ^(O)bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^(P)according to the word of the Lord that he spoke by his servants the prophets. ³ Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the Lord, to remove them out of his sight, ^(Q)for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, ⁴ and also ^(R)for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon. ^5 (S)Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? ⁶ So Jehoiakim ^(T)slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. ^7 (U)And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, ^(V)for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt ^(W)from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.