2 Kings 24 (NET)

2 Kings 24:1¹During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Dan 1:1Jer 25:1Jer 25:92 Chr 36:6-212 Kgs 17:5Jer 46:2

2 Kings 24:2²The Lord sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, just as in the Lord ’s message that he had announced through his servants the prophets.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 35:112 Kgs 23:272 Kgs 21:12-14Jer 25:9Jer 32:282 Kgs 20:172 Kgs 6:23Ezek 19:82 Chr 33:112 Kgs 13:20-21

2 Kings 24:3³Just as the Lord had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins that Manasseh had committed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 18:252 Kgs 23:26-272 Kgs 21:2-112 Chr 24:242 Chr 25:16Amos 3:6Deut 28:63Deut 29:28Deut 4:26-27Exod 20:5

2 Kings 24:4⁴Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the Lord was unwilling to forgive them.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 21:16Deut 19:10Ezek 33:25Jer 15:1-2Jer 2:34Num 35:33Ps 106:38

2 Kings 24:5⁵The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:8Jer 22:13-17Jer 26:1-24

2 Kings 24:6⁶He passed away and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 22:18-192 Chr 36:6Jer 36:302 Chr 36:8

2 Kings 24:7⁷The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Stream of Egypt and the Euphrates River.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 37:5-7Jer 46:2Gen 15:18Num 34:51 Kgs 4:21Isa 27:12Josh 15:4

2 Kings 24:8⁸Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Chr 3:162 Chr 36:9Jer 22:24Jer 22:28Jer 24:1Jer 37:1Matt 1:11-12

2 Kings 24:9⁹He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Kings 24:10¹⁰At that time the generals of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon marched to Jerusalem and besieged the city.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 25:2Dan 1:1-2

2 Kings 24:11¹¹King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came to the city while his generals were besieging it.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AI

2 Kings 24:12¹²King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, took Jehoiachin prisoner.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 24:1Jer 52:282 Chr 36:102 Kgs 25:27Jer 29:1-2Ezek 17:12Jer 25:1Jer 22:24-30Jer 38:17-18Jer 52:31

2 Kings 24:13¹³Nebuchadnezzar took from there all the riches in the treasuries of the Lord ’s temple and of the royal palace. He removed all the gold items that King Solomon of Israel had made for the Lord ’s temple, just as the Lord had warned.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 39:62 Kgs 20:17Jer 20:51 Kgs 7:48-502 Kgs 25:13-15Dan 5:2-32 Chr 4:7-22Ezra 1:7-11Jer 27:16-21Jer 28:3-4

2 Kings 24:14¹⁴He deported all the residents of Jerusalem, including all the officials and all the soldiers (10,000 people in all). This included all the craftsmen and those who worked with metal. No one was left except for the poorest among the people of the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 52:282 Kgs 25:122 Kgs 24:162 Chr 36:9-10Ezek 1:1-2Jer 39:10Jer 40:7Jer 52:161 Sam 23:19-22Ezek 17:14

2 Kings 24:15¹⁵He deported Jehoiachin from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with the king’s mother and wives, his eunuchs, and the high-ranking officials of the land.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:10Esth 2:6Jer 22:24-282 Kgs 24:8Ezek 17:12

2 Kings 24:16¹⁶The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 52:282 Kgs 24:14Jer 29:2

2 Kings 24:17¹⁷The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 37:12 Chr 36:42 Kgs 23:341 Chr 3:15-162 Chr 36:10-13Jer 52:1

2 Kings 24:18¹⁸Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 23:31Jer 52:1-112 Chr 36:11Jer 37:1

2 Kings 24:19¹⁹He did evil in the sight of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Kgs 23:372 Chr 36:12Ezek 21:25Jer 24:8Jer 37:1-21

2 Kings 24:20²⁰What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord ’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:2 Chr 36:132 Thess 2:9-111 Cor 1:202 Kgs 22:17Deut 2:30Deut 29:27Exod 9:14-17Ezek 17:15-20Isa 19:11-14Jer 27:12-15