the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
2Ki24:3 Surely 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;
2Ki24:4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
2Ki24:5 Now 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?
2Ki24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
2Ki24:7 And 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.
2Ki24:8 Jehoiachin 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.
2Ki24:9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
2Ki24:10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
2Ki24:11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
2Ki24:12 And 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.