Quotes About History

Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakimís name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His motherís name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

During Jehoiakimís reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His motherís name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it.

Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the kingís mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachinís uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His motherís name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

So in the ninth year of Zedekiahís reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiahís eleventh year.

On the seventh day of the fifth month, in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzarís reign over Babylon, Nebuzaradan captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace, and all the houses of Jerusalem—every significant building.

And the whole army of the Chaldeans under the captain of the guard broke down the walls around Jerusalem.

Moreover, the Chaldeans broke up the bronze pillars and stands and the bronze Sea in the house of the LORD, and they carried the bronze to Babylon.

They also took away the pots, shovels, wick trimmers, dishes, and all the articles of bronze used in the temple service.

Nebuzaradan captain of the guard took them and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah.

On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judahís King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison.

Adam, Seth, Enosh,

Kenan, Mahalalel, Jared,

Enoch, Methuselah, Lamech.