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2 Kings 23:36-24:7
Good News Translation
2 Kings 23:36-24:7
Good News Translation
36 (A)Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother was Zebidah, the daughter of Pedaiah from the town of Rumah. 37 Following the example of his ancestors, Jehoiakim sinned against the Lord.
24 (B)While Jehoiakim was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, and for three years Jehoiakim was forced to submit to his rule; then he rebelled. 2 The Lord sent armed bands of Babylonians, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah, as the Lord had said through his servants the prophets that he would do. 3 This happened at the Lord's command, in order to banish the people of Judah from his sight because of all the sins that King Manasseh had committed, 4 and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The Lord could not forgive Manasseh for that.
5 Everything that Jehoiakim did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah. 6 Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.
7 The king of Egypt and his army never marched out of Egypt again, because the king of Babylonia now controlled all the territory that had belonged to Egypt, from the Euphrates River to the northern border of Egypt.
2 Kings 23:36-24:7
New International Version
2 Kings 23:36-24:7
New International Version
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.
Footnotes
- 2 Kings 24:2 Or Chaldean
2 Kings 23:36-24:7
King James Version
2 Kings 23:36-24:7
King James Version
36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah.
37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done.
24 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.
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.
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