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II Kings
Chapter 24
1
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up,
and
Jehoiakim became his servant three years:
then
he turned and rebelled against him.
2
And Jehovah/God 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 Jehovah/God,
which
he spoke by his servants the prophets.
3
Surely at the commandment of Jehovah/God
came
this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight,
for
the sins of Manasseh,
according
to all that he did; 4
and
also for the innocent blood that he shed . . .
for
he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood;
{child sacrifice of the Phallic Cult}
which
Jehovah/God would not pardon.
5
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?
6
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers
and
Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place/stead.
7
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.
8
Jehoiachin 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.
9
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
according
to all that his father had done.
10
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came
up against Jerusalem,
and
the city was besieged.
11
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came
against the city,
and
his servants did besiege it.
12
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.
13
And he carried out there
all
the treasures of the house of Jehovah/God,
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 Jehovah/God,
as
Jehovah/God had said.
14
And he carried away all Jerusalem,
and
all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor,
even
ten thousand captives,
and
all the craftsmen and smiths . . .
none
remained . . .
except
the poorest sort of the people of the land.
15
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.
16
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.
17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah
his
father's brother
king
in his place/stead,
and
changed his name to Zedekiah.
18~~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.
19~~And
he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah/God,
according
to all that Jehoiakim had done.
{Note:
Zedekiah's father was faithful to the Lord. RBT says that it was
Zedekiah's mother that mislead both Zedekiah and his brother Jehoiakim.}
20~~For
through the anger of Jehovah/God
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
{revolt
is against divine viewpoint. Law and order
and keeping your word are important doctrines of the Lord}.
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