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 Yahweh sent against him bands of the Chaldeans, bands of the Syrians, bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to Yahweh’s word which he spoke by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of Yahweh this came on 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, and Yahweh would not pardon. 5 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? 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

7 The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his father had done. 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it, 12 and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign. 13 He carried out from there all the treasures of Yahweh’s house 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 Yahweh’s temple, as Yahweh had said. 14 He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land. 15 He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of Yahweh, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.

Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

1 约雅敬在位的时候， 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒来攻打他， 约雅敬就臣服他三年， 后来却反悔， 背叛他。

2 耶和华差派迦勒底的军队、亚兰的军队、摩押的军队和亚扪人的军队攻打他， 他差他们攻击犹大， 毁灭它， 就像耶和华借着他的仆人众先知预言的话。

3 这事临到犹大完全是出于耶和华的命令， 因着玛拿西的罪， 就是他所行的一切， 要把他们从自己面前赶走；

4 又因着他所流无辜人的血， 他使耶路撒冷满了无辜人的血， 耶和华决不赦免。

5 约雅敬其余的事迹和他所行的一切， 不是都记在犹大列王的年代志上吗？

6 约雅敬和他的祖先一同长眠， 他的儿子约雅斤接续他作王。

7 埃及王不再从本国出征， 因为巴比伦王占据了所有从前属于埃及王的领土， 从埃及小河直到幼发拉底河。

8 约雅斤登基的时候是十八岁， 他在耶路撒冷作王三个月； 他母亲名叫尼护施他， 是耶路撒冷人以利拿单的女儿。

9 他行耶和华看为恶的事， 好像他的祖先一切所行的。

10 那时， 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒的臣仆来到耶路撒冷， 城就被围困。

11 尼布甲尼撒的臣仆正在围城的时候， 巴比伦王尼布甲尼撒亲自来到耶路撒冷。

12 犹大王约雅斤和他的母亲、众臣仆、众领袖， 以及众太监， 出城投降巴比伦王。巴比伦王于是捉住他。那时， 是巴比伦王在位第八年。

13 他又从耶路撒冷把耶和华殿一切宝物和王宫的宝物取去， 并且把以色列王所罗门在耶和华殿所做的一切金器都捣毁， 就像耶和华所说的。

14 他又掳去耶路撒冷的众民、众领袖， 以及英勇的战士共一万人， 还有工匠、铁匠； 除了国民中最贫穷的以外， 没有剩下的。

15 他把约雅斤掳到巴比伦去， 又把太后、后妃、太监和国中的要员都从耶路撒冷掳到巴比伦；

16 还有七千位战士， 一千位工匠和铁匠， 全都是能作战的勇士， 巴比伦王把他们都掳到巴比伦去。

17 巴比伦王立约雅斤的叔叔玛探雅接续他作王， 并且把玛探雅的名字改为西底家。

18 西底家登基的时候是二十一岁， 他在耶路撒冷作王十一年； 他母亲名叫哈慕他， 是立拿人耶利米的女儿。

19 他行耶和华眼中看为恶的事， 像约雅敬一切所行的。

20 因为耶和华的怒气向耶路撒冷和犹大发作， 直到他把他们从自己的面前赶走。后来， 西底家背叛了巴比伦王。