Daniel 1:1

Holy Bible: Easy-to-Read Version

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and surrounded it with his army. This happened during the third year that Jehoiakim was king of Judah.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:13

Nebuchadnezzar took from Jerusalem all the treasures in the Lord’s Temple and all the treasures in the king’s palace. He cut up all the golden dishes that King Solomon of Israel had put in the Lord’s Temple. This happened just as the Lord had said.

Isaiah 39:7

The Babylonians will take your own sons, and your sons will become officers in the palace of the king of Babylon.”

Jeremiah 25:1

This is the message that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah. This message came in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah. The fourth year of his time as king was the first year that Nebuchadnezzar was king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 35:1

During the time when Jehoiakim, son of King Josiah, was king of Judah, the Lord spoke this message to Jeremiah:

Jeremiah 35:11

But when King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked the country of Judah, we did go into Jerusalem. We said to each other, ‘Come, we must enter the city of Jerusalem so that we can escape the Babylonian army and the Aramean army.’ So we have stayed in Jerusalem.”

Jeremiah 36:1

The message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. This was during the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah. This was the message from the Lord:

Jeremiah 45:1

In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, Jeremiah the prophet spoke these things to Baruch son of Neriah. Baruch wrote them on a scroll. This is what Jeremiah said to Baruch:

Jeremiah 50:1

This is the message the Lord spoke through the prophet Jeremiah about Babylon and its people.

Jeremiah 52:12

Nebuzaradan was the commander of the king of Babylon’s special guard. He was one of the king’s most important officials while at Jerusalem. He came to Jerusalem on the tenth day of the fifth month, in the 19th year that Nebuchadnezzar was king.

Jeremiah 52:28

This is how many people Nebuchadnezzar carried into captivity: In Nebuchadnezzar’s 7th year as king of Babylon, 3023 people were taken from Judah.

Daniel 5:13

So they brought Daniel to the king and he asked, “Is your name Daniel, one of the captives my father the king brought here from Judah?

2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king. He ruled eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah from Rumah.