Babylon Controls Jehoiakim
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. Dan 1:1Jer 25:1Jer 25:92Ch 36:6-212Ki 17:5Jer 46:2
And the LORD sent Chaldean, 1 Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim in order to destroy Judah, according to the word that the LORD had spoken through His servants the prophets. Jer 35:112Ki 23:272Ki 21:12-14Jer 25:9Jer 32:282Ki 20:172Ki 6:23Ezk 19:8 Surely this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command, to remove them from His presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all that he had done, 2Ki 18:252Ki 23:26-272Ki 21:2-112Ch 24:242Ch 25:16Amo 3:6Deu 28:63Deu 29:28 and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive. 2Ki 21:16Deu 19:10Ezk 33:25Jer 15:1-2Jer 2:34Num 35:33Psa 106:38Jer 19:4
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 2Ch 36:8Jer 22:13-17Jer 26:1-24
Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah
(2 Chronicles 36:9–10)
And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place. Jer 22:18-192Ch 36:6Jer 36:302Ch 36:8
Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River. Jer 37:5-7Jer 46:2Gen 15:18Num 34:51Ki 4:21Isa 27:12Jos 15:4
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. 1Ch 3:162Ch 36:9Jer 22:24Jer 22:28Jer 24:1Jer 37:1Mat 1:11-12 And he did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as his father had done.
The Captivity of Jerusalem
(Lamentations 1:1–22)
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 2Ki 25:2Dan 1:1-2 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it. Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. Jer 24:1Jer 52:282Ch 36:102Ki 25:27Jer 29:1-2Ezk 17:12Jer 25:1Jer 22:24-30
So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive. 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. Isa 39:62Ki 20:17Jer 20:51Ki 7:48-502Ki 25:13-15Dan 5:2-32Ch 4:7-22Ezr 1:7-11 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. Jer 52:282Ki 25:122Ki 24:162Ch 36:9-10Ezk 1:1-2Jer 39:10Jer 40:7Jer 52:16
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. 2Ch 36:10Est 2:6Jer 22:24-282Ki 24:8Ezk 17:12 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. Jer 52:282Ki 24:14Jer 29:2
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah. Jer 37:12Ch 36:42Ki 23:341Ch 3:15-162Ch 36:10-13Jer 52:1
Zedekiah Reigns in Judah
(2 Chronicles 36:11–14; Jeremiah 52:1–3)
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 2Ki 23:31Jer 52:1-112Ch 36:11Jer 37:1
And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. 2Ki 23:372Ch 36:12Ezk 21:25Jer 24:8Jer 37:1-21 For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. 2Ch 36:132Th 2:9-111Co 1:202Ki 22:17Deu 2:30Deu 29:27Exo 9:14-17Ezk 17:15-20
And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.