1 Esdras 1:45

45 A year later King Nebuchadnezzar had Jehoiachin taken to Babylonia as a prisoner; Nebuchadnezzar also carried off sacred utensils from the Temple. ¹

1 Esdras 1:45 In-Context

43 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he succeeded his father Jehoiakim as king,

44 and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He too sinned against the Lord.

45 A year later King Nebuchadnezzar had Jehoiachin taken to Babylonia as a prisoner; Nebuchadnezzar also carried off sacred utensils from the Temple.

46 Then he made Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was then twenty-one years old, and he ruled for eleven years.

47 He sinned against the Lord and refused to listen to the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke the word of the Lord.

Cross References

• 1. 1.45Jeremiah 22.24-30; 24.1; 29.1, 2;Ezekiel 17.12.