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¹Thaum uas Yehauyakees ua vajntxwv, Vajntxwv Nenpukajnexales uas kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos tuaj tua lub tebchaws Yudas, thiab Yehauyakees zwm rau Nenpukajnexales tau peb xyoos, tiamsis tom qab ntawd Yehauyakees tau ntxeev siab rau Nenpukajnexales. ²Tus TSWV tso cov Npanpiloos, cov Xilias, cov Mau-am thiab cov Amoos tuaj tua Yehauyakees thiab rhuav lub tebchaws Yudas puastsuaj tas raws li tus TSWV tau hais rau nws cov tubtxib uas yog cov cev Vajtswv lus hais tias nws yuav ua li ntawd. ³Tej no muaj raws li tus TSWV tej lus uas hais tias, nws yuav muab cov Yudas ntiab tawm ntawm nws mus, vim tej kev txhaum uas Vajntxwv Manaxes ua ⁴thiab tua cov neeg ua tsis muaj txim. Tus TSWV yeej zam tsis tau lub txim uas Manaxes tua neeg ntawd li.
⁵Txhua yam uas Yehauyakees ua puavleej muab sau cia rau hauv Phau Ntawv Keebkwm uas teev cov Yudas cov Vajntxwv lub neej lawm. ⁶Yehauyakees tuag, thiab nws tus tub Yehauyakhees ua vajntxwv hloov nws chaw.
⁷Tus vajntxwv uas kav lub tebchaws Iziv thiab nws cov tubrog tawm tsis tau hauv tebchaws Iziv mus rau qhov twg li, rau qhov tus vajntxwv uas kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos tuaj txeeb tau thiab kav tagnrho cheebtsam uas yog cov Iziv tug, txij ntua ntawm tus dej Efalates mus ti nkaus rau ntawm cov Iziv tus ciamteb sab qaumteb.

Cov Yudas Tus Vajntxwv Yehauyakhees

(2 Xwmtxheej Vajntxwv 36.9-10)

⁸Thaum Yehauyakhees ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas nws hnubnyoog muaj kaum yim xyoo, thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau peb hlis. Nws niam hu ua Nehusetas thiab yog Enathas uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees tus ntxhais. ⁹Nws ua txhaum rau tus TSWV thiab ua phem ua qias ib yam li nws txiv ua.
¹⁰Lub sijhawm ntawd, Vajntxwv Nenpukajnexales uas kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos cov thawj tubrog tau coj tubrog tuaj vij lub nroog Yeluxalees. ¹¹Thaum uas cov tubrog tabtom vij lub nroog, Vajntxwv Nenpukajnexales uas kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos txawm tuaj txog hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees, ¹²ces Vajntxwv Yehauyakhees thiab nws niam, nws cov tub, nws cov nomtswv thiab cov uas ua haujlwm hauv lub loog thiaj zwm rau cov Npanpiloos. Nenpukajnexales ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Npanpiloos tau yim xyoo rau thaum uas nws ntes Yehauyakhees, ¹³thiab nws nqa tej khoom tseemceeb hauv lub Tuamtsev thiab hauv lub loog mus rau tebchaws Npanpiloos raws li tus TSWV tau hais tseg lawm hais tias, Nenpukajnexales yuav tuaj tsoo thiab nqa tagnrho tej khoom tseemceeb uas Vajntxwv Xalumoos muab kub ua rau hauv lub Tuamtsev mus. ¹⁴Nws coj cov neeg hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees, vajntxwv tsevneeg thiab cov thawjcoj mus huv tibsi, xam tagnrho muaj kaum txhiab leej. Dua li ntawd nws tseem coj cov neeg uas muaj tswvyim ua txhua yam haujlwm thiab cov kws tooj kws hlau mus huv tibsi. Nws tsuas tseg cov neeg pluag nyob hauv lub tebchaws Yudas xwb.
¹⁵Nenpukajnexales coj Vajntxwv Yehauyakhees, nws niam, nws cov pojniam, nws cov nomtswv thiab cov Yudas tej thawjcoj mus rau tim tebchaws Npanpiloos lawm. ¹⁶Cov neeg tseemceeb uas Nenpukajnexales coj mus rau tebchaws Npanpiloos muaj xya txhiab leej, thiab ib txhiab leej cov uas muaj tswvyim ua txhua yam haujlwm, tagnrho cov kws tooj kws hlau huv tibsi; cov no puavleej yog cov uas khov kho thiab ua taus tubrog xwb.
¹⁷Nenpukajnexales tsa Yehauyakhees tus txivntxawm Mataniyas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas, thiab muab Mataniyas hloov npe hu ua Xedekiyas.

Cov Yudas Tus Vajntxwv Xedekiyas

(2 Xwmtxheej Vajntxwv 26.11-12; Yelemis 52.1-3a)

¹⁸Thaum Xedekiyas ua vajntxwv kav lub tebchaws Yudas nws hnubnyoog muaj nees nkaum ib xyoos, thiab nws nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees kav tau kaum ib xyoos. Nws niam hu ua Hamutas thiab yog Yelemis uas nyob hauv lub nroog Linas tus ntxhais. ¹⁹Vajntxwv Xedekiyas ua txhaum rau tus TSWV ib yam li Vajntxwv Yehauyakhees ua. ²⁰Tus TSWV chim heev rau cov neeg uas nyob hauv lub nroog Yeluxalees thiab hauv tebchaws Yudas, nws thiaj muab lawv ntiab tawm ntawm nws mus lawm.

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Judah Overrun by Enemies

¹In ⚓his days Nebuchadnezzar king of ⚓Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. ²⚓And the Lord sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, bands of Syrians, bands of Moabites, and bands of the people of Ammon; He sent them against Judah to destroy it, ⚓according to the word of the Lord which He had spoken by His servants the prophets. ³Surely at the commandment of the Lordthis came upon Judah, to remove them from His sight ⚓because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, ⁴⚓and also because of the innocent blood that he had shed; for he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, which the Lord would not pardon.
⁵Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? ⁶⚓So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
⁷And ⚓the king of Egypt did not come out of his land anymore, for ⚓the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the River Euphrates.

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin

⁸⚓Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. ⁹And he did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.
¹⁰⚓At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. ¹¹And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, as his servants were besieging it. ¹²⚓Then Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers went out to the king of Babylon; and the king of Babylon, ⚓in the eighth year of his reign, took him prisoner.

The Captivity of Jerusalem

¹³⚓And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he ⚓cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, ⚓as the Lord had said. ¹⁴Also ⚓he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ⚓ten thousand captives, and ⚓all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except ⚓the poorest people of the land. ¹⁵And ⚓he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶⚓All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

¹⁷Then ⚓the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, ⚓Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and ⚓changed his name to Zedekiah.
¹⁸⚓Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was⚓Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ¹⁹⚓He also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰For because of the anger of the Lordthis happened in Jerusalem and Judah, that He finally cast them out from His presence. ⚓Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.