2Ki 24:8-17 | NASB1995 | STEP | Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king , and he reigned three months in Jerusalem ; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem .

2 Kings 24:8-17

8 ^aJehoiachin was ^beighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. 9 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^caccording to all that his father had done.

Deportation to Babylon

10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon went up to Jerusalem, and the city came under siege. 11 And Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon came to the city, while his servants were besieging it. 12 ^dJehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he and his mother and his servants and his captains and his officials. So ^ethe king of Babylon took him captive in the eighth year of his reign. 13 ^fHe carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and ^gcut in pieces all the vessels of gold ^hwhich Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, just as the Lord had said. 14 Then ⁱhe led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ^jten thousand captives, and ^kall the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained ^lexcept the poorest people of the land.

15 So ^mhe led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother and the king’s wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 All the men of valor, ⁿseven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon.

Zedekiah Made King

17 ^oThen the king of Babylon made ^{▼▼ I.e. Jehoiachin’s uncle}his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.