Jehoiakin did what the Lord considered evil, as his father had done.
He did what the Lord considered evil by copying the disgusting things done by the nations that the Lord had forced out of the Israelites’ way.
He did what the Lord considered evil, as his father Manasseh had done.
He lived like his father in every way and worshiped and prayed to the idols his father had worshiped.
At that time the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem. (The city was blockaded.)
He became a young lion, and he prowled among the lions. He learned to tear apart the animals he hunted. He ate people.