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2 Kings 24:1
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2 Kings 24:1
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24 (A) During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia[a] invaded and took control of Judah. Jehoiakim obeyed Nebuchadnezzar for three years, but then he rebelled.
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- 24.1 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia: Ruled Babylonia 605–562 b.c.
2 Chronicles 36:5-7
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2 Chronicles 36:5-7
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King Jehoiakim of Judah
(2 Kings 23.36—24.7)
5 (A) Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he was appointed king, and he ruled 11 years from Jerusalem. Jehoiakim disobeyed the Lord his God by doing evil.
6 (B) During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah. He arrested Jehoiakim and put him in chains, and he sent him to the capital city of Babylon. 7 Nebuchadnezzar also carried off many of the valuable things in the Lord's temple, and he put them in his palace in Babylon.
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