1. While Jehoiakim was king, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked the land of Judah. So Jehoiakim became Nebuchadnezzar’s servant for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned against Nebuchadnezzar. And he broke away from his rule.
2. The Lord sent men from Babylon, Aram, Moab and Ammon against Jehoiakim. He sent them to destroy Judah. This happened the way the Lord had said it would through his servants the prophets.
3. The Lord commanded this to happen to the people of Judah. He did it to remove them from his presence. This was because of all the sins Manasseh had done.
4. He had killed many innocent people. He had filled Jerusalem with their blood. And the Lord would not forgive these sins.
5. The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king and all he did are written down. They are in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.
6. Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
7. The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again. This was because of the king of Babylon. He had captured all that belonged to the king of Egypt. He took all the land from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.