38. And Joakim bound the nobles: but Zarakes his brother he apprehended, and brought him up out of Egypt.
39. Five and twenty years old was Joakim when he began to reign in Judaea and Jerusalem; and he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
40. And against him Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon came up, and bound him with a chain of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
41. Nabuchodonosor also took of the holy vessels of the Lord, and carried them away, and set them up in his own temple at Babylon.
42. But those things that are reported of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, are written in the chronicles of the kings.
43. And Joakim his son reigned in his stead: for when he was made king he was eighteen years old;
44. and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and did that which was evil before the Lord.
45. So after a year Nabuchodonosor sent and caused him to be brought to Babylon with the holy vessels of the Lord;