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.*24.2 by: Heb. by the hand of 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.*24.8 Jehoiachin: also called Jeconiah and Coniah 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.*24.10 was…: Heb. came into siege 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.*24.12 officers: or, eunuchs*24.12 his reign: Nebuchadnezzar’s eighth year 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.*24.15 officers: or, eunuchs 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.

1 IN sy dae het Nebukadnésar, die koning van Babel, opgetrek, en Jójakim het drie jaar lank sy dienaar geword; daarna het hy weer teen hom gerebelleer.

2 Toe stuur die Here die bendes van die Chaldeërs teen hom en die bendes van die Arameërs en die bendes van die Moabiete en die bendes van die kinders van Ammon — Hy stuur hulle teen Juda om dit te verdelg volgens die woord van die Here wat hy gespreek het deur die diens van sy knegte, die profete.

3 Sekerlik het dit volgens die bevel van die Here oor Juda gekom, om hulle van sy aangesig te verwyder vanweë die sondes van Manasse, volgens alles wat hy gedoen het;

4 en ook oor die onskuldige bloed wat hy vergiet het, sodat hy Jerusalem met onskuldige bloed gevul het; daarom wou die Here nie vergewe nie.

5 En die verdere geskiedenis van Jójakim en alles wat hy gedoen het, is dit nie beskrywe in die Kroniekboek van die konings van Juda nie?

6 En Jójakim het ontslaap met sy vaders, en sy seun Jójagin het in sy plek koning geword.

7 En die koning van Egipte het nie verder meer uit sy land uitgetrek nie, want die koning van Babel het van die spruit van Egipte af tot by die Eufraatrivier alles geneem wat aan die koning van Egipte behoort het.

8 Agttien jaar was Jójagin oud toe hy koning geword het, en hy het drie maande in Jerusalem geregeer; en die naam van sy moeder was Nehústa, 'n dogter van Élnatan, van Jerusalem.

9 En hy het gedoen wat verkeerd was in die oë van die Here net soos sy vader gedoen het.

10 IN dié tyd het die dienaars van Nebukadnésar, die koning van Babel, na Jerusalem opgetrek en die stad is beleër.

11 En toe Nebukadnésar, die koning van Babel, by die stad kom, terwyl sy dienaars dit beleër,

12 het Jójagin, die koning van Juda, uitgegaan na die koning van Babel, hy en sy moeder en sy dienaars en sy owerstes en sy hofdienaars, en die koning van Babel het hom gevange geneem in die agtste jaar van sy regering.

13 En hy het daarvandaan uitgebring al die skatte van die huis van die Here en die skatte van die huis van die koning en al die goud van die voorwerpe afgesny wat Salomo, die koning van Israel, gemaak het in die tempel van die Here, soos die Here gespreek het.

14 En hy het die hele Jerusalem weggevoer en al die owerstes en al die mense van vermoë, tienduisend ballinge, en al die smede en die slotmakers; niemand het oorgebly nie, behalwe die arm mense van die land.

15 En hy het Jójagin in ballingskap weggevoer na Babel, en ook die moeder van die koning en die vroue van die koning en sy hofdienaars; ook die magtiges van die land het hy in ballingskap uit Jerusalem na Babel laat gaan.

16 En al die mense van vermoë, seweduisend, en die smede en die slotmakers, duisend, almal helde wat oorlog kan voer — dié het die koning van Babel in ballingskap na Babel gebring.

17 EN die koning van Babel het Mattánja, die oom van Jójagin, in sy plek koning gemaak en sy naam verander in Sedekía.

18 Een-en-twintig jaar was Sedekía oud toe hy koning geword het, en hy het elf jaar in Jerusalem geregeer; en die naam van sy moeder was Hamútal, 'n dogter van Jeremia, uit Libna.

19 En hy het gedoen wat verkeerd was in die oë van die Here net soos Jójakim gedoen het.

20 Want weens die toorn van die Here het dit oor Jerusalem en Juda gekom, totdat Hy hulle van sy aangesig weggewerp het. En Sedekía het teen die koning van Babel gerebelleer.