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^(C1)In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years; then he turned and revolted against him.

And the LORD sent against him ^(C1)bands of Chaldeans, ^(C2)bands of Arameans, ^(C3)bands of Moabites, and bands of Ammonites. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, ^(C4)in accordance with the word of the LORD which He had spoken through His servants the prophets.

^(C1)It indeed came upon Judah at the ^(F1)command of the LORD, to remove them from His sight ^(C2)due to the sins of Manasseh, in accordance with everything that he had done,

and ^(C1)also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the LORD was unwilling to forgive.

Now 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?

So ^(C1)Jehoiakim ^(F1)lay down with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.

Now ^(C1)the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, ^(C2)because the king of Babylon had taken everything that belonged to the king of Egypt from ^(C3)the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.