1. While Jehoiakim was king, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon attacked the land of Judah. So Jehoiakim became Nebuchadnezzar’s servant for three years. Then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and broke away from his rule.
2. The Lord sent raiding parties from Babylon, Aram, Moab, and Ammon against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah. This happened as the Lord had said it would through his servants the prophets.
3. The Lord commanded this to happen to the people of Judah, to remove them from his presence, because of all the sins of Manasseh.
4. He had killed many innocent people and had filled Jerusalem with their blood. And the Lord would not forgive these sins.
5. The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king and all he did are written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.
6. Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.
7. The king of Egypt did not leave his land again, because the king of Babylon had captured all that belonged to the king of Egypt, from the brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.