2Reis 24

Jeoaquim é sujeito à Babilônia

1 *2Cr 36.6;Jr 25.1Nos seus dias, subiu Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, e Jeoaquim ficou sendo seu servo por três anos; então, de novo, se rebelou contra ele. 2 Jeová enviou contra ele *Jr 35.11tropas dos caldeus, *2Rs 6.23tropas dos siros, *2Rs 13.20tropas dos moabitas e tropas dos filhos de Amom e enviou-as contra Judá para o destruírem, *2Rs 23.27conforme a palavra que Jeová falou pelos profetas, seus servos. 3 *2Rs 18.25Foi, de fato, por ordem de Jeová que veio isso sobre Judá, para o remover da sua presença, *2Rs 23.26por causa de todos os pecados cometidos por Manassés, 4 *2Rs 21.16bem como por causa do sangue inocente que ele derramou, pois encheu a Jerusalém de sangue inocente. Jeová não quis perdoar. 5 Ora, o restante dos atos de Jeoaquim e tudo o que ele fez não estão, porventura, escritos nos Livros das Crônicas dos Reis de Judá? 6 Adormeceu *Jr 22.18-19Jeoaquim com seus pais, e, em seu lugar, reinou seu filho Joaquim. 7 *Jr 37.5-7O rei do Egito nunca mais saiu da sua terra, porque *Jr 46.2o rei da Babilônia tinha tirado tudo o que pertencia ao rei do Egito, *Gn 15.18desde a torrente do Egito até o rio Eufrates.

O princípio do cativeiro de Judá

8 *1Cr 3.16Joaquim tinha *2Cr 36.9dezoito anos quando começou a reinar e reinou três meses em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se Neústa, filha de Elnatã, de Jerusalém. 9 Ele fez o mal à vista de Jeová, *2Rs 21.2-7conforme tudo o que seu pai tinha feito.

10 Nesse tempo, subiram os servos de Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, a Jerusalém, e a cidade foi sitiada. 11 Veio à cidade Nabucodonosor, rei da Babilônia, enquanto seus servos a sitiavam; 12 e *Jr 24.1;29.1-2Joaquim, rei de Judá, saiu ao rei da Babilônia, com sua mãe, seus servos, seus príncipes e seus oficiais. *2Cr 36.10O rei da Babilônia o tomou preso no oitavo ano do seu reinado. 13 *2Rs 20.17;Is 39.6Levou dali todos os tesouros da Casa de Jeová e os tesouros da casa do rei e, como Jeová havia dito, *2Rs 25.13-15despedaçou todos os vasos de ouro *1Rs 7.48-50que Salomão, rei de Israel, tinha feito no templo de Jeová. 14 *Jr 24.1Transferiu toda Jerusalém, todos os príncipes e todos os ilustres em valor, *2Rs 24.16;Jr 52.28dez mil cativos, e *Jr 24.1;29.2todos os artífices e ferreiros; ninguém ficou *2Rs 25.12senão os mais pobres dentre o povo da terra. 15 *2Cr 36.10;Jr 22.24-28Transferiu também a Joaquim para a Babilônia; a mãe do rei, suas mulheres, seus oficiais e os homens principais da terra, ele os levou cativos de Jerusalém a Babilônia. 16 Todos os homens de valor em número de *2Rs 24.14sete mil, e os artífices e os ferreiros em número de mil, todos eles robustos e guerreiros, levou-os o rei da Babilônia cativos para a Babilônia. 17 *2Cr 36.10-13O rei da Babilônia constituiu rei em lugar dele a Matanias, irmão de seu pai, e mudou-lhe o nome em Zedequias.

Reinado de Zedequias

18 *Jr 52.1Zedequias tinha vinte e um anos quando começou a reinar e reinou onze anos em Jerusalém. Sua mãe chamava-se *2Rs 23.31Hamutal, filha de Jeremias, de Libna. 19 Ele fez o mal à vista de Jeová, *2Rs 23.37conforme tudo o que Joaquim fizera. 20 Pois, por causa da ira de Jeová, assim sucedeu em Jerusalém e em Judá até os ter lançado da sua presença. *2Cr 36.13Zedequias rebelou-se contra o rei da 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.*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.