4. Then the king of Egypt made Jehoahaz’s brother Eliakim king of Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. Neco took his brother Jehoahaz prisoner and carried him off to Egypt.
5. Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes.
6. Babylon’s King Nebuchadnezzar attacked him, bound him with bronze chains, and took him to Babylon.
7. Nebuchadnezzar also took some equipment from the Lord’s temple to Babylon and placed them in his own temple there.
8. The rest of Jehoiakim’s deeds, including his detestable practices and all that was charged against him, are written in the official records of Israel’s and Judah’s kings. His son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.
9. Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became king, and he ruled for three months in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes.
10. In the springtime, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him to be brought to Babylon, along with valuable equipment from the Lord’s temple. Then he made Zedekiah his uncle the next king of Judah and Jerusalem.
11. Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.