2 Kings 24:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded and took control of Judah. Jehoiakim obeyed Nebuchadnezzar for three years, but then he rebelled.

Cross References

2 Kings 17:5

Shalmaneser invaded Israel and attacked the city of Samaria for three years,

2 Kings 24:20

It was Zedekiah who finally rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar. The people of Judah and Jerusalem had made the LORD so angry that he finally turned his back on them. That's why these horrible things were happening.

2 Chronicles 36:1

After the death of Josiah, the people of Judah crowned his son Jehoahaz their new king.

Ezra 4:12

You should know that the Jews who left your country have moved back to Jerusalem and are now rebuilding that terrible city. In fact, they have almost finished rebuilding the walls and repairing the foundations.

Isaiah 36:5

Does he think he can plan and win a war with nothing but words? Who is going to help him, now that he has turned against the king of Assyria?

Jeremiah 25:1

In the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, which was the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylonia, the LORD told me to speak to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. So I told them:

Jeremiah 25:9

and now I will let you be attacked by nations from the north, and especially by my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia. You and other nearby nations will be destroyed and left in ruins for ever. Everyone who sees what has happened will be shocked, but they will still make fun of you.

Jeremiah 35:1

When Jehoiakim was king of Judah, the LORD told me,

Jeremiah 35:11

except now we have to live inside Jerusalem because Nebuchadnezzar has taken over the countryside with his army from Babylonia and Syria.

Jeremiah 36:1

During the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the LORD said to me, “Jeremiah,

Jeremiah 45:1

In the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, Baruch wrote down everything I had told him.

Jeremiah 46:2

In the fourth year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia defeated King Neco of Egypt in a battle at the city of Carchemish near the River Euphrates. And here is what the LORD told me to say about the Egyptian army:

Jeremiah 50:17

Israel is a flock of sheep scattered by hungry lions. The king of Assyria first gobbled Israel up. Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylonia, crunched on Israel's bones.

Ezekiel 19:8

Nations plotted to kill him, and people came from everywhere to spread out a net and catch him in a trap.

Ezekiel 21:14

Ezekiel, warn my people, then celebrate my victory by clapping your hands. My vicious sword will attack again and again, killing my people with every stroke.

Daniel 1:1

In the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia attacked Jerusalem.

Daniel 1:2

The Lord let Nebuchadnezzar capture Jehoiakim and take away some of the things used in God's temple. And when the king returned to Babylonia, he put these things in the temple of his own god.

Habakkuk 1:6

I am sending the Babylonians. They are fierce and cruel— marching across the land, conquering cities and towns.