Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

8 ^pJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. ^qHis mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he ^rdid what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.

Jerusalem Captured

10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, 12 and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign 13 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 ^svessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, ^twhich Solomon king of Israel had made, ^uas the Lord had foretold. 14 ^vHe carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, 10,000 captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, ^wexcept the poorest people of the land. 15 And he ^xcarried away Jehoiachin 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. 16 And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, 7,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war. 17 And ^ythe king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

16 The descendants of Jehoiakim: ^wJeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son;

6 who had been carried away from Jerusalem among the captives ^jcarried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away.

24 “As I live, declares the Lord, though ^qConiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the ^rsignet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off

2 On the fifth day of the month (it was the fifth year of the ^fexile of King Jehoiachin),

11 and Josiah the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the ^mdeportation to Babylon.