3. Surely, it was on the command of Yahweh against Judah to remove them from his sight because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done.
4. Also, for the blood of the innocent that he had shed—and he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood—Yahweh was not willing to forgive.
5. The remainder of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written on the scroll of the events of the days of the kings of Judah?
6. So Jehoiakim slept with his ancestors, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.
7. The king of Egypt did not again come out from his land, for the king of Babylon had taken territory from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.
8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem.
9. He did evil in the eyes of Yahweh according to all that his father had done.
10. At that time, the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and the city came under the siege.
11. Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city while his servants were besieging it.