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2 Kings 24

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  1. 1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.30 cross-references: Daniel 1:1, Jeremiah 25:1, Jeremiah 25:9, 2 Kings 17:5, Jeremiah 46:2
  2. 2And 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.41 cross-references: Jeremiah 35:11, 2 Kings 23:27, Ezekiel 19:8, 2 Kings 20:17, Jeremiah 32:28
  3. 3Surely 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;31 cross-references: 2 Kings 18:25, 2 Kings 21:2–11, 2 Kings 23:26–27, Exodus 20:5, Deuteronomy 28:63
  4. 4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.35 cross-references: 2 Kings 21:16, Ezekiel 33:25, Jeremiah 19:4, Psalms 106:38, Jeremiah 15:1–2
  5. 5Now 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?5 cross-references: 2 Chronicles 36:8, Jeremiah 22:13–17, Jeremiah 26:1–24
  6. 6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.10 cross-references: Jeremiah 22:18–19, 2 Chronicles 36:6, Jeremiah 36:30, 2 Chronicles 36:8
  7. 7And 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.13 cross-references: Jeremiah 46:2, Jeremiah 37:5–7, Genesis 15:18, Numbers 34:5, Joshua 15:4
  8. 8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.12 cross-references: 1 Chronicles 3:16, 2 Chronicles 36:9, Jeremiah 22:24, Jeremiah 22:28, Jeremiah 37:1
  9. 9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.
  10. 10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.11 cross-references: 2 Kings 25:2, Daniel 1:1–2
  11. 11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
  12. 12And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.37 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:28, Jeremiah 24:1, 2 Chronicles 36:10, 2 Kings 25:27, Jeremiah 29:1–2
  13. 13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, 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 the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.31 cross-references: Isaiah 39:6, 2 Kings 20:17, Jeremiah 20:5, 1 Kings 7:48–50, Daniel 5:2–3
  14. 14And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.30 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:28, 2 Kings 25:12, 2 Kings 24:16, Jeremiah 40:7, 2 Chronicles 36:9–10
  15. 15And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.15 cross-references: Esther 2:6, Jeremiah 22:24–28, 2 Chronicles 36:10, Ezekiel 17:12, 2 Kings 24:8
  16. 16And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.4 cross-references: Jeremiah 52:28, 2 Kings 24:14, Jeremiah 29:2
  17. 17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.16 cross-references: Jeremiah 37:1, 2 Chronicles 36:4, 2 Kings 23:34, Jeremiah 52:1, 1 Chronicles 3:15–16
  18. 18Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.7 cross-references: 2 Kings 23:31, Jeremiah 52:1–11, Jeremiah 37:1, 2 Chronicles 36:11
  19. 19And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.7 cross-references: 2 Kings 23:37, Jeremiah 37:1–21, 2 Chronicles 36:12, Jeremiah 24:8, Ezekiel 21:25
  20. 20For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.24 cross-references: 2 Thessalonians 2:9–11, 2 Chronicles 36:13, Isaiah 19:11–14, Ezekiel 17:15–20, Exodus 9:14–17

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People in 2 Kings 24

God, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah, Manasseh, Nehushta, Elnathan, Solomon, Hamutal, Jeremiah

Places in 2 Kings 24

Babylon, Jerusalem, Brook of Egypt, Euphrates, Libnah

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