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Reign of Jehoiakim

608 BC, lasting 11 years traditional (Jones)

Passage
2 Kgs 23:36–24:7
Person
Jehoiakim
Places
Jerusalem, Rumah, Babylon, Euphrates, Brook of Egypt
Before
Reign of Johoahaz (Shallum)
After
Prophecies of Habakkuk

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. possible location: Rumah
  3. likely location: Babylon
  4. location not graded: Euphrates
  5. location not graded: Brook of Egypt

Every verse

All 9 verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

2 Kings9 verses
  1. 23:36

    Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

  2. 23:37

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

  3. 24:1

    During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

  4. 24:2

    And the LORD sent Chaldean, 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.

  5. 24:3

    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,

  6. 24:4

    and also for the innocent blood he had shed. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

  7. 24:5

    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?

  8. 24:6

    And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

  9. 24:7

    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.