1 Nos seus dias subiu Nabucodonosor, rei de babilônia, e Jeoiaquim ficou três anos seu servo; depois se virou, e se rebelou contra ele.
2 E o Senhor enviou contra ele as tropas dos caldeus, as tropas dos sírios, as tropas dos moabitas e as tropas dos filhos de Amom; e as enviou contra Judá, para o destruir, conforme a palavra do Senhor, que falara pelo ministério de seus servos, os profetas.
3 E, na verdade, conforme o mandado do Senhor, assim sucedeu a Judá, para o afastar da sua presença por causa dos pecados de Manassés, conforme tudo quanto fizera.
4 Como também por causa do sangue inocente que derramou; pois encheu a Jerusalém de sangue inocente; e por isso o Senhor não quis perdoar.
5 Ora, o mais dos atos de Jeoiaquim, e tudo quanto fez, porventura não está escrito no livro das crônicas dos reis de Judá?
6 E Jeoiaquim dormiu com seus pais; e Joaquim, seu filho, reinou em seu lugar.
7 E o rei do Egito nunca mais saiu da sua terra; porque o rei de babilônia tomou tudo quanto era do rei do Egito, desde o rio do Egito até ao rio Eufrates.
8 Tinha Joaquim dezoito anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou três meses em Jerusalém; e era o nome de sua mãe, Neusta, filha de Elnatã, de Jerusalém.
9 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo quanto fizera seu pai.
10 Naquele tempo subiram os servos de Nabucodonosor, rei de babilônia, a Jerusalém; e a cidade foi cercada.
11 Também veio Nabucodonosor, rei de babilônia, contra a cidade, quando já os seus servos a estavam sitiando.
12 Então saiu Joaquim, rei de Judá, ao rei de babilônia, ele, sua mãe, seus servos, seus príncipes e seus oficiais; e o rei de babilônia o tomou preso, no ano oitavo do seu reinado.
13 E tirou dali todos os tesouros da casa do Senhor e os tesouros da casa do rei; e partiu todos os vasos de ouro, que fizera Salomão, rei de Israel, no templo do Senhor, como o Senhor tinha falado.
14 E transportou a toda a Jerusalém como também a todos os príncipes, e a todos os homens valorosos, dez mil presos, e a todos os artífices e ferreiros; ninguém ficou senão o povo pobre da terra.
15 Assim transportou Joaquim à babilônia; como também a mãe do rei, as mulheres do rei, os seus oficiais e os poderosos da terra levou presos de Jerusalém à babilônia.
16 E todos os homens valentes, até sete mil, e artífices e ferreiros até mil, e todos os homens destros na guerra, a estes o rei de babilônia levou presos para babilônia.
17 E o rei de babilônia estabeleceu a Matanias, seu tio, rei em seu lugar; e lhe mudou o nome para Zedequias.
18 Tinha Zedequias vinte e um anos de idade quando começou a reinar, e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém; e era o nome de sua mãe Hamutal, filha de Jeremias, de Libna.
19 E fez o que era mau aos olhos do Senhor, conforme tudo quanto fizera Jeoiaquim.
20 Porque assim sucedeu por causa da ira do SENHOR contra Jerusalém, e contra Judá, até os rejeitar de diante da sua presença; e Zedequias se rebelou contra o rei de babilônia.
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.