2 Kings 24:1-4 ▼

1 During Jehoiakim's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim was his subject for three years, but then he rebelled against him.

2 The LORD sent against him Babylonian, Syrian, Moabite, and Ammonite raiding bands; he sent them to destroy Judah, as he had warned he would do through his servants the prophets.

3 Just as the LORD had announced, he rejected Judah because of all the sins which Manasseh had committed.

4 Because he killed innocent people and stained Jerusalem with their blood, the LORD was unwilling to forgive them.