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While Jehoiakim was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, and for three years Jehoiakim was forced to submit to his rule; then he rebelled. 1
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While Jehoiakim was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, and for three years Jehoiakim was forced to submit to his rule; then he rebelled.
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The Lord sent armed bands of Babylonians, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah, as the Lord had said through his servants the prophets that he would do.
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This happened at the Lord's command, in order to banish the people of Judah from his sight because of all the sins that King Manasseh had committed,
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and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The Lord could not forgive Manasseh for that.
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Everything that Jehoiakim did is recorded in [The History of the Kings of Judah.]