In the thirdyearof the reignof Jehoiakimkingof Judah,Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babyloncameto Jerusalemand besiegedit.
Jehoiakimwas twenty-fiveyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedelevenyearsin Jerusalem;and his mother'sname[was] Zebidahthe daughterof Pedaiahof Rumah.
He carriedout from thereallthe treasuresof the houseof the LORD,and the treasuresof the king'shouse,and cutin piecesallthe vesselsof goldwhichSolomonkingof Israelhad madein the templeof the LORD,justas the LORDhad said.
And [some] of your sonswhowill issuefrom you, whomyou will beget,will be takenaway, and they will becomeofficialsin the palaceof the kingof Babylon.'"
The wordthat cameto Jeremiahconcerningallthe peopleof Judah,in the fourthyearof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah(that was the firstyearof Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babylon),
The wordwhichcameto Jeremiahfrom the LORDin the daysof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,saying,
"But when Nebuchadnezzarkingof Babyloncameup againstthe land,we said,'Comeand let us goto Jerusalembeforethe armyof the Chaldeansand beforethe armyof the Arameans.'So we have dweltin Jerusalem."
In the fourthyearof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,thiswordcameto Jeremiahfrom the LORD,saying,
[This] [is] the messagewhichJeremiahthe prophetspoketo Baruchthe sonof Neriah,when he had writtendownthesewordsin a bookat Jeremiah'sdictation,in the fourthyearof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,saying:
The wordwhichthe LORDspokeconcerningBabylon,the landof the Chaldeans,throughJeremiahthe prophet:
Now on the tenth[day] of the fifthmonth,whichwas the nineteenthyearof KingNebuchadnezzar,kingof Babylon,Nebuzaradanthe captainof the bodyguard,who was in the serviceof the kingof Babylon,cameto Jerusalem.
Theseare the peoplewhomNebuchadnezzarcarriedawayinto exile:in the seventhyear3023Jews;
ThenDanielwas broughtin beforethe king.The kingspokeand saidto Daniel,"Are you that Danielwhois one of the exilesfrom Judah,whommy fatherthe kingbroughtfrom Judah?
