name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
023:032 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
all that his fathers had done.
023:033 Pharaoh Necoh put him in bonds at Riblah in the land of Hamath,
that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a
tribute of one hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold.
023:034 Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room
of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim:
but he took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt, and died there.
023:035 Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed
the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh:
he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land,
of everyone according to his taxation, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.
023:036 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign;
and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother's
name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
023:037 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
all that his fathers had done.
024:001 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up,
and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned
and rebelled against him.
024:002 Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, 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 Yahweh, which he spoke by his
servants the prophets.
024:003 Surely at the commandment of Yahweh came this on Judah,
to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh,
according to all that he did,
024:004 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled
Jerusalem with innocent blood: and Yahweh would not pardon.
024:005 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?
024:006 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son
reigned in his place.
024:007 The king of Egypt didn't come again out of his land any more;
for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt
to the river Euphrates, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
024:008 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.
024:009 He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to
all that his father had done.
024:010 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon
came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
024:011 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city, while his
servants were besieging it;
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