The first Babylonian siege of Jerusalem reaches its end in 2 Kings 24 as Jehoiachin surrenders to Nebuchadnezzar, and ten thousand Judeans are marched into exile.

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In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up And Jehoiakim became his servant three years

Then he turned and rebelled against him The LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans Bands of the Syrians bands of the Moabites And bands of the children of Ammon

And sent them against Judah to destroy it According to the LORD’s word which he spoke by his servants the prophets Surely at the commandment of the LORD this came on Judah To remove them out of his sight for the sins of Manasseh

According to all that he did and also for the innocent blood that he shed For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood And the LORD would not pardon Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim

And all that he did aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles Of the kings of Judah So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers And Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more

For the king of Babylon had taken from the brook of Egypt To the river Euphrates all that belonged to the king of Egypt Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign And he reigned in Jerusalem three months

His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight According to all that his father had done At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up

To Jerusalem and the city was besieged Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city While his servants were besieging it And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon

He his mother his servants his princes and his officers And the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign He carried out from there all the treasures of the LORD’s house

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Published 2026-05-22 · Last updated 2026-06-06
Written by Reid Wender, Editorial Director at Psalmody Press