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And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chalde'ans, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD which he spoke by his servants the prophets.
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Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manas'seh, according to all that he had done,
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and also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.
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Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoi'akim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
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So Jehoi'akim slept with his fathers, and Jehoi'achin his son reigned in his stead.
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And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphra'tes.
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Jehoi'achin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehush'ta the daughter of Elna'than of Jerusalem.
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And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done.
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At that time the servants of Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
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And Nebuchadnez'zar king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it;
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and Jehoi'achin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign,