2 Kings 24

In his days Nabouchodonosor king of Babylon came up, and Ioakim became his servant three years; then he turned and broke faith with him.

And he sent against him the raiding bands of the Chaldeans and the raiding bands of Syria and the raiding bands of Moab and the raiding bands of the sons of Ammon, and he sent them out into the land of Iouda to prevail against it, according to the word of the Lord which he spoke by the hand of his servants the prophets.

Surely it was by the wrath of the Lord that this came upon Iouda, to remove him from before his face, because of the sins of Manasses, according to all that he did.

And indeed he poured out innocent blood and filled Ierousalem with innocent blood; and the Lord would not be propitiated.

And the rest of the acts of Ioakim and all that he did, behold, are not these written upon the book of the words of the days for the kings of Iouda?

And Ioakim slept with his fathers, and Ioakim his son became king in his place.

And the king of Egypt did not come out again from his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the wadi of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

Ioakim was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Ierousalem; and his mother's name was Nestha, daughter of Ellanathan, from Ierousalem.

And he did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.

At that time Nabouchodonosor king of Babylon came up to Ierousalem, and the city came under siege.

And Nabouchodonosor king of Babylon entered into the city, while his servants were besieging it.

And Ioakim king of Iouda went out 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.

And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the house of the king, and he cut in pieces all the golden vessels which Salomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, according to the word of the Lord.

And he carried away Ierousalem captive, and all the princes and the mighty men of strength, taking ten thousand captive, and every craftsman and the smith; and none was left except the poor of the land.

And he carried Ioakim away to Babylon, and the mother of the king and the wives of the king and his eunuchs and the strong men of the land he led away captive from Ierousalem to Babylon.

And all the men of might, seven thousand, and the craftsman and the smith, a thousand—all mighty men making war—the king of Babylon brought them as exiles to Babylon.

And the king of Babylon made Maththanias his son king in his place, and he put upon him the name Sedekias.

Sedekias was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Ierousalem; and his mother's name was Amital, daughter of Ieremias.

And he did what was evil before the Lord, according to all that Ioakim had done.

For it was by the wrath of the Lord that it came upon Ierousalem and upon Iouda, until he cast them out from before his face. And Sedekias broke faith with the king of Babylon.