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2 Kings 24:4-9 Modern English Version (MEV)

4. and also for the innocent blood that he had shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to pardon.

5. Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the annals of the kings of Judah?

6. So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

7. The king of Egypt did not come again from his land, for the king of Babylon had taken over from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates all that belonged to the king of Egypt.

8. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king. He reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Ne­hushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

9. He did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.

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