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Reign of Jeconiah

597 BC traditional (Jones)

Passage
2 Kgs 24:8-17
Person
Jehoiachin
Places
Jerusalem, Babylon
Before
Prophecies of Habakkuk
After
Prophecies of Obadiah

Participants

Taking part, as Theographic records them, most often named first.

Places

Where it happens. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Jerusalem
  2. likely location: Babylon

Every verse

All 10 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings10 verses
  1. 24:8

    Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

  2. 24:9

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.

  3. 24:10

    At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege.

  4. 24:11

    And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

  5. 24:12

    Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

  6. 24:13

    As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD.

  7. 24:14

    He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained.

  8. 24:15

    Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

  9. 24:16

    The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle.

  10. 24:17

    Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.