40
And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him with a chain of brass and took him away to Babylon.
41
Nebuchadnezzar also took some holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and stored them in his temple in Babylon.
42
But the things that are reported about Jehoiakim and his uncleanness and impiety are written in the chronicles of the kings.
43
Jehoiachin his son became king in his stead; when he was made king he was eighteen years old,
44
and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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