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

The LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Syrians, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the LORD’s word which he spoke by his servants the prophets.

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

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

Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

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

The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his father had done.

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

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

and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.

He carried out from there all the treasures of the LORD’s house 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 LORD’s temple, as the LORD had said.

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. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.

He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

For through the anger of the LORD, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

وفي أَيَّامِه صَعِدَ نَبوكَدنَصَّر، مَلِكُ بابِل، فٱستُعبِدَ لَه يوياقيمُ ثَلاثَ سَنَوات، ثُمَّ عادَ فتَمَرَّدَ علَيه

فأَرسَلَ الرَّبُّ علَيه غُزاةَ الكَلْدانِيِّينَ وغُزاةَ أَرامَ وغُزاةَ موآبَ وغُزاةَ بَني عَمُّون، أَرسَلَهم على يَهوذا لِيُبيدَه، على حَسَبِ قَولِ الرَّبِّ الَّذي تَكَلَّمَ بِه على أَلسِنَةِ عَبيدِه الأَنبِياء

حَدَثَ ذٰلك لِيَهوذا على حَسَبِ أَمرِ الرَّبِّ لِيُبعِدَه مِن وَجهِه بِسَبَبِ خَطايا مَنَسَّى وكُلِّ ما صَنَعَ

وبِسَبَبِ الدَّمِ الزَّكِيِّ الَّذي أَراقَه، إِذ مَلَأَ أُورَشَليمَ دَمًا زَكِيًّا، فلَم يَشَإِ الرَّبُّ أَن يَغفِر

وبَقِيَّةُ أَخبارِ يوياقيم وكُلُّ ما صَنَعَه، أَفَلَيسَت مَكْتوبَةً في سِفرِ أَخبارِ الأَيَّامِ لِمُلوكِ يَهوذا؟

وٱضطَجَعَ يوياقيمُ مع آبائِه، ومَلَكَ يوياكينُ ٱبنُه مَكانَه

ولَم يَعُدْ مَلِكُ مِصرَ يَخرُجُ مِن أَرضِه، لِأَنَّ مَلِكَ بابِلَ أَخَذَ مِن وادي مِصرَ إِلى نَهرِ الفُراتِ كُلَّ ما كانَ لِمَلِكِ مِصْر

وكانَ يوياكينُ ٱبنَ ثَماني عَشرَةَ سَنَةً حينَ مَلَك، ومَلَكَ ثَلاثَةَ أَشهُرٍ في أُورَشَليم. وٱسمُ أُمِّه نَحُشْتا، بِنتُ أَلْناتان، مِن أَورَشَليم

وصَنَعَ الشَّرَّ في عَينَيِ الرَّبّ، على حَسَبِ كُلِّ ما صَنَعَ أَبوه

وفي ذٰلك الزَّمان صَعِدَ ضُبَّاطُ نَبوكَدْنَصَّر، مَلِكِ بابِل، إِلى أُورَشَليم، ودَخَلَتِ المَدينَةُ تَحتَ الحِصار

ووَصَلَ نَبوكَدْنَصَّر، مَلِكُ بابِل، إِلى المَدينَةِ فيما كانَ ضُبَّاطُه يُحاصِرونَها

فخَرَجَ يوياكينُ، مَلِكُ يَهوذا، إِلى مَلِكِ بابِل، هو وأُمُّه وضُبَّاطُه وأَشْرافُه وخِصْيانُه. فأَخَذَه مَلِكُ بابِلَ في السَّنَةِ الثَّامِنَةِ مِن مُلكِه

وأَخرَجَ مِن هُناكَ جَميعَ كُنوزِ بَيتِ الرَّبِّ وكُنوزِ بَيتِ المَلِك، وحَطَّمَ جَميعَ آنِيَةِ الذَّهَبِ الَّتي عَمِلَها سُلَيمان، مَلِكُ إِسْرائيل، لِهَيكَلِ الرَّبِّ، كما قالَ الرَّبّ

وجلا كُلَّ أُورَشَليمَ وجَميعَ الضُّبَّاطِ ورِجالِ الحَرب، أي عَشرَةَ آلافِ مَجلُوّ، وجَلا أَيضًا جَميعَ الحَدَّادينَ والقَفَّالين، ولَم يَبقَ إِلَّا فُقَراءُ شَعبِ تِلكَ الأَرْض

وجلا يوياكينَ المَلِكَ إِلى بابِل وأُمَّ المَلِكِ وأَزْواجَه وخِصْيانَه وكُلَّ عُظَماءِ تِلكَ الأَرْض، أَخَذَهم مِن أُورَشَليمَ إِلى بابِل

وجَلا جَميعَ رِجالِ الحَربِ وهُم سَبعَةُ آلاف، والحَدَّادينَ والقَفَّالينَ وهم أَلفٌ، جَميعُهم أَبْطالٌ رِجالُ حَرْب، وأَخَذَهم مَلِكُ بابِلَ مَجلُوِّينَ إِلى بابِل

وأَقامَ مَلِكُ بابلَ متَّتْيَه، عَمَّ يوياكين، مَلِكًا مَكانَه، وغَيَّرَ ٱسمَه إِلى صِدقِيَّا

وكانَ صِدقِيَّا ٱبنَ إِحْدى وعِشْرينَ سَنَةً حينَ مَلَك، ومَلَكَ إِحْدى عَشرَةَ سَنَةً في أُورَشَليم، وٱسمُ أُمِّه حَموطال، بِنتُ إِرْمِيا، مِن لِبنَة

وصَنَعَ الشَّرَّ في عَينَيِ الرَّبّ، بِحَسَبِ كُلِّ ما صَنَعَ يوياقيم

وكانَ ذٰلك بِسَبَبِ غَضَبِ الرَّبِّ على أُورَشَليمَ وعلى يَهوذا، حتَّى نَبَذَهم مِن وَجهِه. وتَمَرَّدَ صِدقِيَّا على مَلِكِ بابِل