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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /><title>2 Kings 24 NLT</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/2_kings/24.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/2_kings/24-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">NLT</a> > 2 Kings 24</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../2_kings/23.htm" title="2 Kings 23">◄</a> 2 Kings 24 <a href="../2_kings/25.htm" title="2 Kings 25">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Living Translation</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nlt/esv/2_kings/24.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded the land of Judah. Jehoiakim surrendered and paid him tribute for three years but then rebelled. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Then the LORD sent bands of Babylonian,<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">a</span></a> Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Judah to destroy it, just as the LORD had promised through his prophets. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>These disasters happened to Judah because of the LORD’s command. He had decided to banish Judah from his presence because of the many sins of Manasseh, <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>who had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood. The LORD would not forgive this.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>The rest of the events in Jehoiakim’s reign and all his deeds are recorded in <span class="it">The Book of the History of the Kings of Judah.</span> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the next king.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The king of Egypt did not venture out of his country after that, for the king of Babylon captured the entire area formerly claimed by Egypt—from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.</p><p class="hdg">Jehoiachin Rules in Judah</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Jehoiachin did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as his father had done.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>During Jehoiachin’s reign, the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against Jerusalem and besieged it. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Nebuchadnezzar himself arrived at the city during the siege. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>Then King Jehoiachin, along with the queen mother, his advisers, his commanders, and his officials, surrendered to the Babylonians.</p><p class="reg">In the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, he took Jehoiachin prisoner. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>As the LORD had said beforehand, Nebuchadnezzar carried away all the treasures from the LORD’s Temple and the royal palace. He stripped away<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">b</span></a> all the gold objects that King Solomon of Israel had placed in the Temple. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>King Nebuchadnezzar took all of Jerusalem captive, including all the commanders and the best of the soldiers, craftsmen, and artisans—10,000 in all. Only the poorest people were left in the land.</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Nebuchadnezzar led King Jehoiachin away as a captive to Babylon, along with the queen mother, his wives and officials, and all Jerusalem’s elite. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>He also exiled 7,000 of the best troops and 1,000 craftsmen and artisans, all of whom were strong and fit for war. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Then the king of Babylon installed Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s<a href="#footnotes"><span class="fn">c</span></a> uncle, as the next king, and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.</p><p class="hdg">Zedekiah Rules in Judah</p><p class="reg"> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>But Zedekiah did what was evil in the LORD’s sight, just as Jehoiakim had done. <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/2_kings/24-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>These things happened because of the LORD’s anger against the people of Jerusalem and Judah, until he finally banished them from his presence and sent them into exile.</p><p class="hdg">The Fall of Jerusalem</p><p class="reg">Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.</p><A name="footnotes"></a><hr size="1" color="DDEEFF"><span class="mainfootnotes"><span class="mainfootnoteshdg">Footnotes:</span><br><span class="fn">a</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">24:2 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">Chaldean.</span><br><span class="fn">b</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">24:13 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="it">He cut apart.</span><br><span class="fn">c</span><note caller="+" style="f"><span class="fr">24:17 </span><span class="ft">Hebrew </span><span class="it">his.</span><br></span></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><em>Holy Bible</em>, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. 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