2 Kings 24

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

During Jehoiakim's reign, Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, invaded, and Jehoiakim became his subject for three years. But then, he turned his back and defiantly rebelled against him.

And the LORD 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 the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

In a wave of divine wrath, God unleashed armies - the Chaldees, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites - upon Judah. Their mission was destruction, fulfilling God's prophecy spoken through His prophets.

Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

Undoubtedly, it was God's decree that brought this upon Judah, to cast them away from His presence. It was due to Manasseh's sins and all his wrongdoings.

And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

He unjustly took the lives of the innocent, flooding Jerusalem with their pure blood. It was a sin so grave that the LORD would not forgive it.

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?

Aren't all of Jehoiakim's deeds and actions, the rest of his story, recorded in the history book of Judah's kings?

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

Jehoiakim found eternal rest alongside his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin courageously took up the mantle of leadership in his place.

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.

The Egyptian king never left his kingdom again. The Babylonian king had seized everything he owned, from the Egyptian river to the Euphrates.

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.

At the tender age of eighteen, Jehoiachin ascended to the throne, ruling Jerusalem for a brief three months. His mother, Nehushta, a proud daughter of Elnathan, watched over him.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.

He followed his father's footsteps, doing evil in God's eyes.

At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

During that period, Nebuchadnezzar's minions from Babylon attacked Jerusalem, leaving the city under a distressing siege.

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

Nebuchadnezzar, the Babylonian king, with a heart full of ambition, led a siege against the city, his loyal servants at his side, their spirits filled with determination.

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.

Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, along with his mother, servants, princes, and officials, surrendered to the king of Babylon, who took him captive in the eighth year of his own reign.

And he carried out thence 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 which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said.

He took away everything precious from God's house and the king's palace. He destroyed all the golden artifacts that King Solomon of Israel had crafted for God's temple, just as God had foretold.

And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

He took everyone from Jerusalem, including the leaders and brave warriors, totaling ten thousand in captivity. All skilled workers were gone, leaving only the poorest people behind.

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.

He took Jehoiachin to Babylon, along with the king's mother, wives, officers, and the powerful ones. From Jerusalem to Babylon, he led them all into a life of captivity.

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.

The mighty warriors, seven thousand strong, along with a thousand skilled craftsmen and blacksmiths - all capable and ready for battle - were taken as prisoners by the Babylonian king, forced into captivity in Babylon.

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

The Babylonian king, in a power move, put Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, on the throne in his place. He then renamed him Zedekiah.

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.

At the tender age of twenty-one, Zedekiah ascended to the throne, ruling Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother, Hamutal, was the proud daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

He acted wickedly, displeasing God, just as Jehoiakim had done before him.

For through the anger of the LORD 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.

All this happened in Jerusalem and Judah because of God's anger, until He finally cast them out of His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the Babylonian king.