2 Kings · Updated Brenton English Septuagint
2 Kings 24 Updated Brenton English Septuagint
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- Same Septuagint text as Brenton, with modernised spelling.
1 In his days went up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years; and [then] he turned and revolted from 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 the bands of the Chaldeans, and the bands of Syria, and the bands of Moab, and the bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them into the land of Judah to prevail [against it], according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke 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 Moreover it was the purpose of the Lord concerning Judah, to remove them from his presence, because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that 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 Moreover he shed innocent blood, and filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord would not pardon [it].
4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh would not pardon.
5 And the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, behold, [are] not these written in the book of the chronicles 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 And Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
7 And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of Babylon took away all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the river of Egypt as far as 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 Eighteen years old [was] Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name [was] Nehushta, 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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father did.
9 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his father had done.
10 At that time went up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
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 against the city, and his servants besieged it.
11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
12 And Jehoiachin king of Judah came forth to the king of Babylon, he and his servants, and his mother, and his princes, and his eunuchs; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
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 brought forth thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and he cut up all the golden vessels which Solomon the king of Israel [had] made in the temple of the Lord, according to the word of the Lord.
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 carried away [the inhabitants of] Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left.
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 And he carried Jehoiachin away to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the land into captivity 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 might, even seven thousand, and one thousand artificers and smiths: all [were] mighty [men] fit for war; and the king of Babylon carried them captive 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 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his son king in his stead, and called his name Zedekiah.
17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Twenty and one years old [was] Zedekiah when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name [was] Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah.
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 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiachin did.
19 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 For it was according to the Lord’s anger against Jerusalem and on Judah, until he cast them out of his presence, that Zedekiah revolted 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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