2Ch 36:5-7, Dan 1:1-5 | ESV | STEP | Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign , and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem . He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God .

2 Chronicles 36:5-7

5 ^aJehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. 6 ^bAgainst him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ^cand bound him in chains ^dto take him to Babylon. 7 ^eNebuchadnezzar also carried part of the vessels of the house of the Lord to Babylon and put them in his palace in Babylon.

Daniel 1:1-5

Daniel Taken to Babylon

1 In the third year of ^fthe reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. 2 And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of ^gthe vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to ^hthe land of Shinar, to the house of his god, ⁱand placed the vessels in the treasury of his god. 3 Then the king commanded Ashpenaz, ^jhis chief eunuch, to bring some of the people of Israel, both of the royal family ^{▼▼Hebrew of the seed of the kingdom} and of ^lthe nobility, 4 youths without ^mblemish, of good appearance and ⁿskillful in all wisdom, endowed with knowledge, understanding learning, and competent to stand in the king’s palace, and to ^oteach them the literature and language of the ^pChaldeans. 5 The king assigned them a daily portion of ^qthe food that the king ate, and of ^rthe wine that he drank. They were to be educated for ^sthree years, and at the end of that time they were to ^tstand before the king.