1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

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Daniel 1:1, Jeremiah 25:1, Daniel 1:1, Jeremiah 25:1, Jeremiah 25:9

2And Jehovah sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, 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, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

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Jeremiah 35:11, Jeremiah 35:11, 2 Kings 23:27, 2 Kings 23:27, Ezekiel 19:8

3Surely at the commandment of Jehovah came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did,

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2 Kings 18:25, 2 Kings 18:25, 2 Kings 21:2, 2 Kings 21:11, 2 Kings 23:26

4and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Jehovah would not pardon.

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2 Kings 21:16, 2 Kings 21:16, Ezekiel 33:25, Ezekiel 33:25, Jeremiah 19:4

5Now 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?

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2 Chronicles 36:8, 2 Chronicles 36:8, Jeremiah 22:13, Jeremiah 22:17, Jeremiah 26:1

6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

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Jeremiah 22:18, Jeremiah 22:19, Jeremiah 22:18, Jeremiah 22:19, 2 Chronicles 36:6

7And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

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Jeremiah 46:2, Jeremiah 37:5, Jeremiah 37:7, Jeremiah 46:2, Jeremiah 37:5

8Jehoiachin 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.

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1 Chronicles 3:16, 2 Chronicles 36:9, 1 Chronicles 3:16, 2 Chronicles 36:9, Jeremiah 22:24

9And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that his father had done.

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10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

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2 Kings 25:2, Daniel 1:1, Daniel 1:2, 2 Kings 25:2, Daniel 1:1

11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto the city, while his servants were besieging it;

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12and 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.

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Jeremiah 52:28, Jeremiah 24:1, Jeremiah 52:28, Jeremiah 24:1, 2 Chronicles 36:10

13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of Jehovah, 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, as Jehovah had said.

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Isaiah 39:6, 2 Kings 20:17, Isaiah 39:6, 2 Kings 20:17, Jeremiah 20:5

14And 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 the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

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Jeremiah 52:28, Jeremiah 52:28, 2 Kings 25:12, 2 Kings 25:12, 2 Kings 24:16

15And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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Esther 2:6, Jeremiah 22:24, Jeremiah 22:28, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Esther 2:6

16And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths a thousand, all of them strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

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Jeremiah 52:28, Jeremiah 52:28, 2 Kings 24:14, Jeremiah 29:2, 2 Kings 24:14

17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

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Jeremiah 37:1, Jeremiah 37:1, 2 Chronicles 36:4, 2 Kings 23:34, 2 Chronicles 36:4

18Zedekiah 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.

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2 Kings 23:31, 2 Kings 23:31, Jeremiah 52:1, Jeremiah 52:11, Jeremiah 52:1

19And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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2 Kings 23:37, 2 Kings 23:37, Jeremiah 37:1, Jeremiah 37:21, 2 Chronicles 36:12

20For through the anger of Jehovah did it come to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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2 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:11, 2 Chronicles 36:13, 2 Thessalonians 2:9, 2 Thessalonians 2:11