New English Translation

2 Kings 24:5-9 New English Translation (NET)

5. The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign and all his accomplishments, are recorded in the scroll called the Annals of the Kings of Judah.

6. He passed away and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king.

7. The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Brook of Egypt and the Euphrates River.

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

9. He did evil in the sight of the Lord as his ancestors had done.