Isaiah 39:7

God's Word

Some of your own descendants will be taken away. They will become officials in the palace of the king of Babylon.’ ”

Cross References

2 Kings 24:10

At that time the officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem. (The city was blockaded.)

2 Kings 24:12

King Jehoiakin of Judah, his mother, officials, generals, and eunuchs surrendered to the king of Babylon. In the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon captured Jehoiakin.

2 Kings 24:15

He took Jehoiakin to Babylon as a captive. He also took the king’s mother, wives, eunuchs, and the leading citizens of the land from Jerusalem as captives to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 33:11

So the Lord made the army commanders of the king of Assyria invade Judah. They took Manasseh captive, put a hook in his nose, put him in bronze shackles, and brought him to Babylon.

2 Chronicles 36:10

In the spring King Nebuchadnezzar sent for Jehoiakin and brought him to Babylon with the valuable utensils from the Lord’s temple. Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiakin’s uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 36:20

The king of Babylon took those who weren’t executed to Babylon to be slaves for him and his sons. They remained captives until the Persian Empire began to rule.

Jeremiah 39:7

Then he blinded Zedekiah, put him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.