2 Kings 24

Gen Z: 2 Kings 24

1So, Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, pulled up and made Jehoiakim his servant for three years, then dude straight up rebelled.

2The Lord sent some squads, like the Chaldees, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites, to wreck Judah, all according to what He told the prophets.

3For real, this happened to Judah 'cause the Lord said so, to kick them outta His sight for Manasseh's sins, like, no cap.

4Plus, he spilled innocent blood, filling Jerusalem with it; the Lord was not about to forgive that.

5So, like, all the other stuff Jehoiakim did? It’s in the chronicles of the kings of Judah, fr.

6Jehoiakim passed away, and his son Jehoiachin took over.

7The king of Egypt didn’t come back ‘cause Babylon snagged all his territory, from the river of Egypt to Euphrates.

8Jehoiachin was just 18 when he started reigning, and he held it down in Jerusalem for three months. His mom's name was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan.

9He did evil stuff in the Lord’s eyes, just like his dad, periodt.

10At that moment, Nebuchadnezzar's crew rolled up on Jerusalem, and the city was totally besieged.

11Nebuchadnezzar himself came through, and his squad besieged the city.

12Jehoiachin, the king of Judah, went out to meet Nebuchadnezzar, along with his mom, crew, and officers; Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.

13They took all the treasures from the Lord’s house and the king’s crib, breaking all the gold stuff Solomon made for the temple, just as the Lord said.

14They took everyone from Jerusalem, including the princes and ten thousand strong dudes, leaving only the poorest of the land.

15Jehoiachin got taken to Babylon, along with the king's mom, wives, officers, and the land's mighty men; all of them were taken captive.

16The king of Babylon snagged 7,000 strong men and a thousand craftsmen and smiths, all the war-ready folks, and brought them to Babylon.

17The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiakim’s bro, king instead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18Zedekiah was 21 when he started reigning, holding it down for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mom’s name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah.

19He did evil stuff in the Lord’s eyes, just like Jehoiakim did, no cap.

20The Lord was mad, and it led to Zedekiah rebelling against the king of Babylon, getting kicked out of His presence.

KJV: 2 Kings 24

1In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

2And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord, which he spake by his servants the prophets.

3Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;

4And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.

5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

7And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

8Jehoiachin was 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.

9And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.

10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

11And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

12And 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.

13And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.

14And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the 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.

15And he carried away Jehoiachin to 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.

16And 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.

17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

19And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

20For 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.

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