1	In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up# , and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned# and rebelled# against him.
			2	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. [by: Heb. by the hand of]
			3	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# ;
			4	And also for the innocent blood that he shed# : for he filled# Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would# not pardon# .
			5	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?
			6	So Jehoiakim slept# with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned# in his stead.
			7	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.
			8	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. [Jehoiachin: also called Jeconiah and Coniah]
			9	And he did# that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done# .
			10	At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up# against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged# # . [was...: Heb. came into siege]
			11	And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came# against the city, and his servants did besiege# it.
			12	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# . [officers: or, eunuchs] [his reign: Nebuchadnezzar's eighth year]
			13	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# .
			14	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.
			15	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. [officers: or, eunuchs]
			16	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.
			17	And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king# in his stead, and changed# his name to Zedekiah.
			18	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.
			19	And he did# that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done# .
			20	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.