The Strand Study Bible

II KINGS 24:6

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II KINGS 25:3

the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? The death of King Jehoiakim (Note - Jehoiakim ruled Judah 11 years)

Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. PF 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. King Nebuchadnezzar makes Zedekiah king (S/A - II Chro 36:11-16 & Jere 37:1,2 & 52:1-3) Date - 597 BC/AM 3403 17 And the king of Babylon made Mat- taniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his moth- er’s name was 8 Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Je- hoiakim had done. 20 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. READ NEXT - Jeremiah 22:1-9 II Kings 25 Babylon’s third and final invasion of 1 And it came to pass in the 9 ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchad- nezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, 10 against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built 11 forts against it round about. PF READ NEXT - Jeremiah 21 Babylon takes Jerusalem/fifth deportation (S/A - II Chro 36:17 & Jere 39:2-7 & 52:5-11) Date - July 9th, 586 BC/AM 3414 2 And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. Judah and Jerusalem (S/A - Jere 39:1 & 52:4) (Note - This event took place in the 9th year of King Zedekiah’s reign) Date - Jan 10th, 588 BC/AM 3412

1. See - Jere 22:18-19 & 36:30-31 2. Jere 46:2 3. or, “8” II Chro 36:9 (See - Lk 3:36 ) 4. I Ki 7:48-50 5. Jere 20:5 6. Ezk 17:13 7. See - Jere 22:24-28,30 8. II Ki 23:31 9. Ezk 24:1 10. See - Isa 3:1-14,17-26 & 4:1 & 6:11-12 & Hosea 6:11 & Isa 27:8-11 & II Ki 20:17 & Isa 39:6 & Micah 4:9-10 & Isa 47:6 & II Ki 21:13- 14 & Zeph 1:2-2:3 & Jere 1:14-16 & 4:5- 13,16-21,23-31 & 5:6-7,9-10,13-15,17- 18,29 & 6:1,3-7,9, 11-12,15,19,21-26 & 7:15,20,29,32-34 & 8:1-3,10,13- 17,19-20 & 9:7,9- 12,15,16,19, 21- 22,25-26 & 10:18, 20-22 & 11:11- 12,14,17,20,22-23 & 12:3,5,7-9,12,13-15 & II Ki 22:16-17,19- 20 & 23:27 & II Chro 34:24-25,28 & Hab 1:5-2:3,16-17 & 3:16-17 & Jere 25:9- 11,18,29 & 35:17 & 45:4-5 & 14:12,15- 19 & 15:1-9,12-14 & 16:4-10,13 & 18:16-17,21-23 & 19:3,6-13,15 & 20:4-6 & 13:9,10,13- 14, 17-22,24-27 & 22:22 & 22:5-9 & 23:2,12, 15,19,20,32- 34,39-40 & 24:8-10 & 29:17-18 & Ezk 4:2-3,13, 16-17 & 5:2,4,8-17 & 6:3- 8,11-14 & 7:2-27 & 8:18 & 9:1,5-7,10 & 11:7-11 & 12:11, 15,19-20,23-25,28& 13:9,11-15,21,23 & 14:13,16,18,20-22 & 15:5-8 & 16:37-41, 43 & 17:9-10,16,20- 21 & 20:47-48 & 21:3-4,7,9-15,17,19- 20,23-27 & 22:14- 16,19-22,31 & 23:22, 24-35,46-49 & 24:6,8-14,24-25 & Jere 21:4-6,9,12,14 & 32:3-5,24-25,28- 29,36 & 34:2-3,17, 20-21 & 37:8-10 & 38:18,22-23 11. Ezk 4:1-2

Date - 598 BC/AM 3402 The reign of Jehoiachin (S/A - II Chro 36:8-9) Date - 598 BC/AM 3402

6 1 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. PF 7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: 2 for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. 8 Jehoiachin was 3 eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. READ NEXT - Jeremiah 13 Babylon’s second invasion of Jerusalem (3rd deportation - King Jehoiachin, Ezekiel, and 10,000 middle class people are taken captive) (S/A - II Chro 36:10) (Note - This event took place in the 8th year of King Nebuchadnezzar’s reign) Date 597 BC/AM 3403 10 At that time the servants of Nebuchad- nezzar king of Babylon came up against Je- rusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. 12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. 13 And he carried out thence all the trea- sures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold 4 which Solo- mon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, 5 as the LORD had said. 14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the 6 mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. 15 And he carried away 7 Jehoiachin to

3 And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land. 24:6 Jehoiachin’s name means “ Jehovah establishes.” He is referred to 2 times in the NT (Mt 1:11-12). Jehoiachin is the 14th generation from CHRIST . 24:17 Mattaniah’s name means “gift of Jehovah .”