1. During Jehoiakim’s reign King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked ⌊Judah⌋, and Jehoiakim became subject to him for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned against him and rebelled.
2. The Lord sent raiding parties of Babylonians, Arameans, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah as the Lord had predicted through his servants the prophets.