English Standard Version

2 Kings 24:6-11 English Standard Version (ESV)

6. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

7. And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

9. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.

10. At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

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