42. The stories about Jehoiakim, his depravity, and the godless way he lived are recorded in The Chronicles of the Kings.
43. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he succeeded his father Jehoiakim as king,
44. and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He too sinned against the Lord.
45. A year later King Nebuchadnezzar had Jehoiachin taken to Babylonia as a prisoner; Nebuchadnezzar also carried off sacred utensils from the Temple.
46. Then he made Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.Zedekiah was then 21 years old, and he ruled for eleven years.
47. He sinned against the Lord and refused to listen to the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke the word of the Lord.