2 Kings
2 Kings 24
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2 Kings 24 — Scripture text (King James Version)
In his days king of came up, and became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. And the LORD sent against him bands of the , and bands of the , and bands of the , and bands of the children of , and sent them against to destroy it, according to of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon , to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of , according to all that he did; And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. Now the rest of the acts of , and all that he did, are they not of the chronicles of the kings of ? So slept with his fathers: and his son reigned in his stead. And the king of came not again any more out of his land: for the king of had taken from the river of unto the river all that pertained to the king of . was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in three months. And his mother’s name was , the daughter of Elnathan of . And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. At that time the servants of king of came up against , and the city was besieged. And king of came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. And the king of went out to the king of , he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of took him in the eighth year of his reign. And 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 king of had made in the of the LORD, as the LORD had said. And he carried away all , 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. And he carried away to , 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 to . 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 brought captive to . And the king of made his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to . was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in . And his mother’s name was , the daughter of of Libnah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that had done. For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in and , until he had cast them out from his presence, that rebelled against the king of .