Jehoiakim King of Judah^(A)

³⁶ Jehoiakim^(B) was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah. ³⁷ And he did evil^(C) in the eyes of the Lord, just as his predecessors had done.

24 During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar^(D) king of Babylon invaded^(E) the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled.^{(F) 2} The Lord sent Babylonian,^[a](G) Aramean,^(H) Moabite and Ammonite raiders^(I) against him to destroy^(J) Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets.^{(K) 3} Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command,^(L) in order to remove them from his presence^(M) because of the sins of Manasseh^(N) and all he had done, ⁴ including the shedding of innocent blood.^(O) For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.^(P)

⁵ As for the other events of Jehoiakim’s reign,^(Q) and all he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah? ⁶ Jehoiakim rested^(R) with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin^(S) his son succeeded him as king.

⁷ The king of Egypt^(T) did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon^(U) had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.