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In his days Nebuchadnez '
zar king of Babylon came up ,
and Jehoi '
akim 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 Chalde '
ans ,
and bands of the Syrians ,
and bands of the Moabites ,
and bands of the Ammonites ,
and sent them against Judah to destroy it ,
according to the word of the LORD which he spoke by his servants the prophets .
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Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the LORD ,
to remove them out of his sight ,
for the sins of Manas '
seh ,
according to all that he had done ,
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and also for the innocent blood that he had shed ;
for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood ,
and the LORD would not pardon .
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Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoi '
akim ,
and all that he did ,
are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah ?
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So Jehoi '
akim slept with his fathers ,
and Jehoi '
achin his son reigned in his stead .
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And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land ,
for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphra '
tes .
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Jehoi '
achin was eighteen years old when he became king ,
and he reigned three months in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name was Nehush '
ta the daughter of Elna '
than of Jerusalem .
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And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD ,
according to all that his father had done .
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At that time the servants of Nebuchadnez '
zar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem ,
and the city was besieged .
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And Nebuchadnez '
zar king of Babylon came to the city ,
while his servants were besieging it ;
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and Jehoi '
achin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon ,
himself ,
and his mother ,
and his servants ,
and his princes ,
and his palace officials .
The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign ,
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and carried off 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 in the temple of the LORD ,
which Solomon king of Israel had made ,
as the LORD had foretold .
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He carried away all Jerusalem ,
and all the princes ,
and all the mighty men of valor ,
ten thousand captives ,
and all the craftsmen and the smiths ;
none remained ,
except the poorest people of the land .
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And he carried away Jehoi '
achin to Babylon ;
the king '
s mother ,
the king '
s wives ,
his officials ,
and the chief men of the land ,
he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon .
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And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor ,
seven thousand ,
and the craftsmen and the smiths ,
one thousand ,
all of them strong and fit for war .
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And the king of Babylon made Mattani '
ah ,
Jehoi '
achin '
s uncle ,
king in his stead ,
and changed his name to Zedeki '
ah .
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Zedeki '
ah was twenty-one years old when he became king ,
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem .
His mother '
s name was Hamu '
tal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah .
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And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD ,
according to all that Jehoi '
akim had done .
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For because of the anger of the LORD it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence .
And Zedeki '
ah rebelled against the king of Babylon .