2 Kings · Brenton's Greek Septuagint
2 Kings 24 Brenton's Greek Septuagint
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Notes on this text (1)
- Ezra and Nehemiah form one book (2 Esdras) in this edition; the reader shows them as Ezra 1–10 and Nehemiah 1–13.
1 Ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις αὐτοῦ ἀνέβη Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος, καὶ ἐγενήθη αὐτῷ Ἰωακὶμ δοῦλος τρία ἔτη· καὶ ἐπέστρεψε καὶ ἠθέτησεν ἐν αὐτῷ.
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 Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Κύριος αὐτῷ τοὺς μονοζώνους τῶν Χαλδαίων, καὶ τοὺς μονοζώνους Συρίας, καὶ τοὺς μονοζώνους Μωὰβ, καὶ τοὺς μονοζώνους υἱῶν Ἀμμὼν, καὶ ἐξαπέστειλεν αὐτοὺς ἐν τῇ γῇ Ἰούδα τοῦ κατισχῦσαι κατὰ τὸν λόγον Κυρίου, ὃν ἐλάλησεν ἐν χειρὶ τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ τῶν προφητῶν.
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 Πλὴν ἐπὶ τὸν θυμὸν Κυρίου ἦν ἐν τῷ Ἰούδα, ἀποστῆσαι αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ προσώπου αὐτὸν ἐν ἁμαρτίαις Μανασσὴ κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησε.
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 Καί γε τὸ αἷμα ἀθῶον, ἐξέχεε, καὶ ἔπλησε τὴν Ἰερουσαλὴμ αἵματος ἀθώου, καὶ οὐκ ἠθέλησε Κύριος ἱλασθῆναι.
4 and also for the innocent blood that he shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and Yahweh would not pardon.
5 Καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν λόγων Ἰωακὶμ καὶ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν, οὐκ ἰδοὺ ταῦτα γεγραμμένα ἐπὶ βιβλίῳ λόγων τῶν ἡμερῶν τοῖς βασιλεῦσιν Ἰούδα;
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 καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Ἰωακεὶμ μετὰ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐβασίλευσεν Ἰωακεὶμ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ.
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
7 Καὶ οὐ προσέθετο ἔτι βασιλεὺς Αἰγύπτου ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἔλαβε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἀπὸ τοῦ χειμάῤῥου Αἰγύπτου ἕως τοῦ ποταμοῦ Εὐφράτου πάντα ὅσα ἦν τοῦ βασιλέως Αἰγύπτου.
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 Υἱὸς ὀκτωκαίδεκα ἐτῶν Ἰωαχὶμ ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ τρίμηνον ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Νέσθα, θυγάτηρ Ἐλλαναθὰμ, ἐξ Ἱερουσαλήμ.
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 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς Κυρίου, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν ὁ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ.
9 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that his father had done.
10 Ἐν τῷ καιρῷ ἐκείνῳ ἀνέβη Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ἦλθεν ἡ πόλις ἐν περιοχῇ.
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11 Καὶ εἰσῆλθε Ναβουχοδονόσορ βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος εἰς πόλιν, καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ ἐπολιόρκουν ἐπʼ αὐτήν.
11 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
12 Καὶ ἐξῆλθεν Ἰωαχὶμ βασιλεὺς Ἰούδα ἐπὶ βασιλέα Βαβυλῶνος, αὐτὸς καὶ οἱ παῖδες αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ ἄρχοντες αὐτοῦ, καὶ οἱ εὐνοῦχοι αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἔλαβεν αὐτὸν βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος ἐν τῷ ὀγδόῳ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας αὐτοῦ.
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 Καὶ ἐξήνεγκεν ἐκεῖθεν πάντας τοὺς θησαυροὺς οἴκου Κυρίου, καὶ τοὺς θησαυροὺς οἴκου τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ συνέκοψε πάντα τὰ σκεύη τὰ χρυσᾶ ἃ ἐποίησε Σαλωμὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῷ ναῷ Κυρίου κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμα Κυρίου.
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 Καὶ ἀπῴκισε τὴν Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἄρχοντας καὶ τοὺς δυνατοὺς ἰσχύϊ αἰχμαλωσίας δέκα χιλιάδας αἰχμαλωτίσας, καὶ πᾶν τέκτονα καὶ τὸν συγκλείοντα, καὶ οὐχ ὑπελείφθη πλὴν οἱ πτωχοὶ τῆς γῆς.
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 Καὶ ἀπῴκισε τὸν Ἰωαχὶμ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα, καὶ τὴν μητέρα τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τὰς γυναῖκας τοῦ βασιλέως, καὶ τοὺς εὐνούχους αὐτοῦ· καὶ τοὺς ἰσχυροὺς τῆς γῆς ἀπήγαγεν εἰς ἀποικεσίαν ἐξ Ἱερουσαλὴμ εἰς Βαβυλῶνα·
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 Καὶ πάντας τοὺς ἄνδρας τῆς δυνάμεως ἑπτακισχιλίους, καὶ τὸν τέκτονα καὶ τὸν συγκλείοντα χιλίους· πάντες δυνατοὶ ποιοῦντες πόλεμον· καὶ ἤγαγεν αὐτοὺς βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος μετοικεσίαν εἰς Βαβυλῶνα.
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 Καὶ ἐβασίλευσε βασιλεὺς Βαβυλῶνος τὸν Βατθανίαν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἀντʼ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐπέθηκε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ, Σεδεκία.
17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Υἱὸς εἴκοσι καὶ ἑνὸς ἑνιαυτῶν Σεδεκίας ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἔνδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλὴμ, καὶ ὄνομα τῇ μητρὶ αὐτοῦ Ἀμιτὰλ, θυγὰτηρ Ἱερεμίου.
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 Καὶ ἐποίησε τὸ πονηρὸν ἐνώπιον Κυρίου, κατὰ πάντα ὅσα ἐποίησεν Ἰωακίμ.
19 He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 Ὅτι ἐπὶ τὸν θυμὸν Κυρίου ἦν ἐπὶ Ἱερουσαλὴμ καὶ ἐν τῷ Ἰούδα, ἕως ἀπέῤῥιψεν αὐτοὺς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἠθέτησε Σεδεκίας ἐν τῷ βασιλεῖ Βαβυλῶνος.
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
Jeconiah
Carried captive to Babylon, he marks the low point of David's fallen throne.
Cited in the guide: 2 Kings 24:8-17; 25:27-30; Jer. 22:24-30; Matt. 1:11-12
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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