1 in diebus eius ascendit Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis
et factus est ei Ioiachim servus tribus annis
et rursum rebellavit contra eum
2 inmisitque ei Dominus latrunculos Chaldeorum et latrunculos Syriae
latrunculos Moab et latrunculos filiorum Ammon
et inmisit eos in Iudam ut disperderent eum
iuxta verbum Domini quod locutus erat per servos
suos prophetas
3 factum est autem hoc per verbum Domini contra Iudam
ut auferret eum coram se
propter peccata Manasse universa quae fecit
4 et propter sanguinem innoxium quem effudit
et implevit Hierusalem cruore innocentium
et ob hanc rem noluit Dominus propitiari
5 reliqua autem sermonum Ioiachim et universa quae fecit
nonne haec scripta sunt in libro sermonum dierum regum Iuda
et dormivit Ioiachim cum patribus suis
6 regnavitque Ioiachin filius eius
pro eo
7 et ultra non addidit rex Aegypti ut egrederetur de terra sua
tulerat enim rex Babylonis a rivo Aegypti usque ad fluvium Eufraten
omnia quae fuerant regis Aegypti
8 decem et octo annorum erat Ioiachin
cum regnare coepisset
et tribus mensibus regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius Naestha filia Helnathan de Hierusalem
9 et fecit malum coram Domino
iuxta omnia quae fecerat pater eius
10 in tempore illo ascenderunt servi Nabuchodonosor regis Babylonis in
Hierusalem
et circumdata est urbs munitionibus
11 venitque Nabuchodonosor rex Babylonis ad civitatem
cum servi eius obpugnarent eam
12 egressusque est Ioiachin rex Iuda ad regem
Babylonis
ipse et mater eius et servi eius et principes eius et eunuchi eius
et suscepit eum rex Babylonis anno octavo regni sui
13 et protulit inde omnes thesauros domus Domini
et thesauros domus regiae
et concidit universa vasa aurea
quae fecerat Salomon rex Israhel in templo Domini iuxta verbum Domini
14 et transtulit omnem Hierusalem
et universos principes et omnes fortes exercitus decem milia in
captivitatem
et omnem artificem et clusorem
nihilque relictum est exceptis pauperibus populi terrae
15 transtulit quoque Ioiachin in Babylonem
et matrem regis et uxores regis
et eunuchos eius et iudices terrae
duxit in captivitatem de Hierusalem in Babylonem
16 et omnes viros robustos septem milia et artifices et clusores mille
omnes viros fortes et bellatores
duxitque eos rex Babylonis captivos in Babylonem
17 et constituit Matthaniam patruum eius pro eo
inposuitque nomen ei Sedeciam
18 vicesimum et primum annum aetatis habebat Sedecias
cum regnare coepisset
et undecim annis regnavit in Hierusalem
nomen matris eius erat Amithal filia Hieremiae de Lobna
19 et fecit malum coram Domino
iuxta omnia quae fecerat Ioiachim
20 irascebatur enim Dominus contra Hierusalem et contra Iudam
donec proiceret eos a facie sua
recessitque Sedecias a rege Babylonis
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. 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. 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. 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. 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. 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.