1 In the third year of the reign of *1:1 Pharaoh Neco had killed Josiah king of Judah and installed Eliakim (Josiah’s son) as a vassal ruler. Neco changed Eliakim’s name to Jehoiakim and he ruled for eleven years (2 Chr 36:4, 5).Jehoiakim king of Judah, *1:1 Nebuchadnezzar II of the Chaldean Dynasty, more commonly known as Nebuchadnezzar the Great, ruled Babylon from 605-562 b.c. He conquered Jerusalem in 597 b.c.Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.

6 Among them from the sons of Judah were: Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah.