Daniel 1:1

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

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

Cross References

2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled eleven years from Jerusalem. His mother Zebidah was the daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah.

2 Kings 24:13

The LORD had warned that some day the treasures would be taken from the royal palace and from the temple, including the gold objects that Solomon had made for the temple. And that's exactly what Nebuchadnezzar ordered his soldiers to do.

Isaiah 39:7

Some of your own sons will be taken to Babylonia, where they will be disgraced and made to serve in the king's palace.

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 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 50:1

The LORD told me to say: Announce what will happen and don't leave anything out. Raise the signal flags; shout so all nations can hear— Babylon will be captured! Marduk, Babylon's god, will be ashamed and terrified, and his idols broken.

Jeremiah 52:12

Jerusalem was captured during Nebuchadnezzar's nineteenth year as king of Babylonia. About a month later, Nebuchadnezzar's officer in charge of the guards arrived in Jerusalem. His name was Nebuzaradan,

Jeremiah 52:28

Here is a list of the number of the people of Judah that Nebuchadnezzar took to Babylonia as prisoners: In his seventh year as king, he took 3,023 people. In his eighteenth year as king, he took 832 from Jerusalem. In his twenty-third year as king, his officer Nebuzaradan took 745 people. So, Nebuchadnezzar took a total of 4,600 people from Judah to Babylonia.

Daniel 5:13

When Daniel was brought in, the king said: So you are Daniel, one of the captives my father brought back from Judah!