2 Kings · Bible in Basic English
2 Kings 24 Bible in Basic English
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1 In his days, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up and Jehoiakim was his servant for three years; then he took up arms against him.
1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
2 And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldaeans and of the Edomites and of the Moabites and of the children of Ammon; sending them against Judah for its destruction, as he had said by his servants the prophets.
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 Only by the word of the Lord did this fate come on Judah, to take them away from before his face; because of the sins of Manasseh and all the evil he did;
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 because of the death of those who had done no wrong, for he made Jerusalem full of the blood of the upright; and the Lord had no forgiveness for it.
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 he did, are they not recorded in the book of the history of the kings of Judah?
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 went to rest with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
7 And the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, for the king of Babylon had taken all his country, from the stream of Egypt to the river Euphrates.
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 became king, he was ruling in Jerusalem for three months, and his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
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 evil in the eyes of the Lord, as his father had done.
9 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his father had done.
10 At that time the armies of Nebuchadnezzar came up to Jerusalem and the town was shut in on every side.
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came there, while his servants were shutting in the town;
11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
12 Then Jehoiachin, king of Judah, went out to the king of Babylon, with his mother and his servants and his chiefs and his unsexed servants; and in the eighth year of his rule the king of Babylon took him.
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 And he took away all the stored wealth of the Lord's house, and the goods from the king's store-house, cutting up all the gold vessels which Solomon, king of Israel, had made in the house of the Lord, as the Lord had said.
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 And he took away all the people of Jerusalem and all the chiefs and all the men of war, ten thousand prisoners; and all the expert workmen and the metal-workers; only the poorest sort of the people of the land were not taken away.
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 took Jehoiachin a prisoner to Babylon, with his mother and his wives and his unsexed servants and the great men of the land; he took them all as prisoners from Jerusalem to Babylon.
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 And all the men of war, seven thousand of them, and a thousand expert workmen and metal-workers, all of them strong and able to take up arms, the king of Babylon took away as prisoners into 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 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in place of Jehoiachin, changing his name to Zedekiah.
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 became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for eleven years; his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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 evil in the eyes of the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.
19 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 And because of the wrath of the Lord, this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had sent them all away from before him: and Zedekiah took up arms against the king of Babylon.
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.
People & places in this chapter
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People
Elnathan
Named as the father of Nehushta, the mother of King Jehoiachin.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 24:8
Hamutal
Daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah, named as the mother of Jehoahaz and of Zedekiah, kings of Judah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1
Jehoiakim
Josiah's son Eliakim, made king by Pharaoh Neco who changed his name, who reigned eleven years, became Nebuchadnezzar's vassal for three years and then rebelled, and was succeeded…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Kings 23:36; 2 Kings 24:1
Jeremiah
A man of Libnah named as the father of Hamutal, mother of King Zedekiah.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1
Nebuchadnezzar
King of Babylon who made Jehoiakim his vassal, took Jehoiachin captive, placed Zedekiah on the throne, besieged Jerusalem, and appointed Gedaliah over those left in the land.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 24:1; 2 Kings 24:11; 2 Kings 25:1
Nehushta
Daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem, mother of King Jehoiachin, taken into exile with him.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 24:8
Zedekiah
Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah, renamed Zedekiah by the king of Babylon, who became king at twenty-one, reigned eleven years, rebelled against Babylon, was captured near Jericho,…
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 24:17; 2 Kings 24:18; 2 Kings 24:20
Cross references (18)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Daniel 1:1; Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 25:9; 2 Chronicles 36:6–21; 2 Kings 17:5
- 2 Jeremiah 35:11; 2 Kings 23:27; Jeremiah 25:9; 2 Kings 21:12–14; Jeremiah 32:28
- 3 2 Kings 23:26–27; 2 Kings 18:25; 2 Kings 21:2–11; Isaiah 10:5–6; Joshua 23:15
- 4 2 Kings 21:16; Deuteronomy 19:10; Jeremiah 2:34; Numbers 35:33; Psalm 106:38
- 5 2 Chronicles 36:8; Jeremiah 22:13–17; Jeremiah 26:1–24
- 6 Jeremiah 22:18–19; Jeremiah 36:30; 2 Chronicles 36:6; 2 Chronicles 36:8
- 7 Jeremiah 37:5–7; Jeremiah 46:2; Genesis 15:18; Numbers 34:5; Isaiah 27:12
- 8 2 Chronicles 36:9; 1 Chronicles 3:16; Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 22:28; Jeremiah 37:1
- 10 2 Kings 25:2; Daniel 1:1–2
- 12 Jeremiah 52:28; Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 29:1–2; 2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Kings 25:27
- 13 Isaiah 39:6; 2 Kings 20:17; Jeremiah 20:5; 1 Kings 7:48–50; 2 Kings 25:13–15
- 14 Jeremiah 52:28; 2 Kings 25:12; 2 Kings 24:16; Ezekiel 1:1–2; Jeremiah 39:10
- 15 Esther 2:6; Jeremiah 22:24–28; 2 Chronicles 36:10; Ezekiel 17:12; 2 Kings 24:8
- 16 Jeremiah 52:28; 2 Kings 24:14; Jeremiah 29:2
- 17 Jeremiah 37:1; 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:4; Jeremiah 52:1; 2 Chronicles 36:10–13
- 18 2 Kings 23:31; Jeremiah 52:1–11; Jeremiah 37:1; 2 Chronicles 36:11
- 19 2 Kings 23:37; Ezekiel 21:25; 2 Chronicles 36:12; Jeremiah 37:1–21; Jeremiah 24:8
- 20 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Jeremiah 27:12–15; 2 Kings 22:17; Ezekiel 17:15–20
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