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1 Kings 14

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¹ Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.

² Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt, where he died.

³ Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money as Pharaoh commanded. He collected the silver and gold from the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.

⁴ Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.

⁵ He did evil in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his forefathers had done.

⁶ In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.

⁷ The LORD sent marauding bands of Chaldeans, Arameans (Syrians), Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim. And He sent them against Judah to destroy it, in accordance with the word of the LORD which He spoke through His servants the prophets.

⁸ Surely this came on Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of [King] Manasseh, in accordance with everything that he had done,

⁹ and also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not pardon it.

¹⁰ Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

¹¹ So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers [in death], and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

¹² The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, because the[1] king of Babylon had taken everything that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

¹³ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

¹⁴ He did evil in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father had done.

¹⁵ At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

¹⁶ Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

¹⁷ Jehoiachin king of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his [palace] officials. So the king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his [own] reign.

¹⁸ He carried out of there (Jerusalem) all the treasures of the house (temple) of the LORD, and the treasures of the house (palace) of the king, and cut in pieces all the articles of gold in the temple of the LORD, which Solomon king of Israel had made, just as the LORD had said.

¹⁹ He led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the brave men, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.

²⁰ Nebuchadnezzar led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also he took the king's mother and the king's wives and his officials and the leading men of the land [including Ezekiel] as exiles from Jerusalem to Babylon.

²¹ And the king of Babylon brought as exiles to Babylon all the brave men, seven thousand [of them], and the craftsmen and the smiths, a thousand [of them], all strong and fit for war.

²² Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

²³ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

²⁴ He did evil in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that Jehoiakim had done.

²⁵ Because of the anger of the LORD these things happened in Jerusalem and Judah, and it [finally] came to the point that He cast them from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

²⁶ Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he with all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it and built siege works surrounding it.

²⁷ The city came under siege [for nearly two years] until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

²⁸ On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine [caused by the siege] was severe in the city; there was no food for the people of the land.

²⁹ Then the city [wall] was broken into [and conquered]; all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king's garden, though the[1] Chaldeans (Babylonians) were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah (the plain of the Jordan).

³⁰ The army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Then his entire army was dispersed from him.

³¹ So they seized the king (Zedekiah) and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah [on the Orontes River], and sentence was passed on him.

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1	Pharaoh Neco imprisoned him at Riblah in the land of Hamath, so that he would not reign in Jerusalem, and imposed a fine on the land of a hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold.
2	Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz and brought him to Egypt, where he died.
3	Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money as Pharaoh commanded. He collected the silver and gold from the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Neco.
4	Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
5	He did evil in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his forefathers had done.
6	In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
7	The LORD sent marauding bands of Chaldeans, Arameans (Syrians), Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim. And He sent them against Judah to destroy it, in accordance with the word of the LORD which He spoke through His servants the prophets.
8	Surely this came on Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them from His sight because of the sins of [King] Manasseh, in accordance with everything that he had done,
9	and also for the innocent blood that he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD would not pardon it.
10	Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and everything that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
11	So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers [in death], and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
12	The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, because the[1] king of Babylon had taken everything that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the river of Egypt to the river Euphrates.
13	Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned [only] three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
14	He did evil in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that his father had done.
15	At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.
16	Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.
17	Jehoiachin king of Judah surrendered to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his [palace] officials. So the king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his [own] reign.
18	He carried out of there (Jerusalem) all the treasures of the house (temple) of the LORD, and the treasures of the house (palace) of the king, and cut in pieces all the articles of gold in the temple of the LORD, which Solomon king of Israel had made, just as the LORD had said.
19	He led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the brave men, ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained except the poorest people of the land.
20	Nebuchadnezzar led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also he took the king's mother and the king's wives and his officials and the leading men of the land [including Ezekiel] as exiles from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21	And the king of Babylon brought as exiles to Babylon all the brave men, seven thousand [of them], and the craftsmen and the smiths, a thousand [of them], all strong and fit for war.
22	Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
23	Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
24	He did evil in the sight of the LORD, in accordance with everything that Jehoiakim had done.
25	Because of the anger of the LORD these things happened in Jerusalem and Judah, and it [finally] came to the point that He cast them from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
26	Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he with all his army, against Jerusalem, and camped against it and built siege works surrounding it.
27	The city came under siege [for nearly two years] until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.
28	On the ninth day of the fourth month the famine [caused by the siege] was severe in the city; there was no food for the people of the land.
29	Then the city [wall] was broken into [and conquered]; all the men of war fled by night by way of the gate between the two walls by the king's garden, though the[1] Chaldeans (Babylonians) were all around the city. And they went by way of the Arabah (the plain of the Jordan).
30	The army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook him in the plains of Jericho. Then his entire army was dispersed from him.
31	So they seized the king (Zedekiah) and brought him to the king of Babylon at Riblah [on the Orontes River], and sentence was passed on him.

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