So he ledJehoiachinawayinto exileto Babylon;also the king'smotherand the king'swivesand his officialsand the leadingmenof the land,he ledaway into exilefrom Jerusalemto Babylon.
Someof your sonswhoshall issuefrom you, whomyou will beget,will be takenaway; and they will becomeofficialsin the palaceof the kingof Babylon.'"
Jehoiachinwas eighteenyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedthreemonthsin Jerusalem;and his mother'sname[was] Nehushtathe daughterof Elnathanof Jerusalem.
But the captainof the guardleftsomeof the poorestof the landto be vinedressersand plowmen.
Then the kingof Babylonstruckthem down and putthem to deathat Riblahin the landof Hamath.So Judahwas ledawayinto exilefrom its land.
Now it cameabout in the thirty-seventhyearof the exileof Jehoiachinkingof Judah,in the twelfthmonth,on the twenty-seventh[day] of the month,that Evil-merodachkingof Babylon,in the yearthat he becameking,releasedJehoiachinkingof Judahfrom prison;
So allIsraelwas enrolledby genealogies;and behold,they are writtenin the Bookof the Kingsof Israel.And Judahwas carriedawayinto exileto Babylonfor their unfaithfulness.
At the turnof the yearKingNebuchadnezzarsentand broughthim to Babylonwith the valuablearticlesof the houseof the LORD,and he madehis kinsmanZedekiahkingoverJudahand Jerusalem.
[Now] there was at the citadelin Susaa Jewwhose namewas Mordecai,the sonof Jair,the sonof Shimei,the sonof Kish,a Benjamite,
whohad been takeninto exilefrom Jerusalemwith the captiveswhohad been exiledwith Jeconiahkingof Judah,whomNebuchadnezzarthe kingof Babylonhad exiled.
Sayto the kingand the queenmother,"Takea lowlyseat,For your beautifulcrownHas comedownfrom your head."
(This was afterKingJeconiahand the queenmother,the courtofficials,the princesof Judahand Jerusalem,the craftsmenand the smithshad departedfrom Jerusalem.)
Theseare the peoplewhomNebuchadnezzarcarriedawayinto exile:in the seventhyear3023Jews;
"Saynowto the rebellioushouse,Do you not knowwhatthesethings[mean]?' Say,'Behold,the kingof Babyloncameto Jerusalem,tookits kingand princesand broughtthem to him in Babylon.
He tookone of the royalfamilyand madea covenantwith him, puttinghim under oath.He also tookaway the mightyof the land,
saying,'Thussaysthe LordGOD,"A greateaglewith greatwings,longpinionsand a fullplumageof manycolorscameto Lebanonand tookaway the topof the cedar.
They puthim in a cagewith hooksAnd broughthim to the kingof Babylon;They broughthim in huntingnetsSothat his voicewould be heardnomoreOn the mountainsof Israel.
Then the kingorderedAshpenaz,the chiefof his officials,to bringin someof the sonsof Israel,including someof the royalfamilyand of the nobles,
