¹In his days N’vukhadnetzar [May Nebo protect the crown] king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] came up, and Y’hoyakim [Yehovah raises up] became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

²And the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) sent against him bands (raiding parties) of the Kasdim [clod-breakers] , and bands of the Aram [Syrians] , and bands of the Mo’avi [of his father] , and bands of the children of ‘Amon [Inbred] , and sent them against Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , which he spoke by his servants the prophets.

³Surely at the commandment of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) came [this] upon Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of M’nasheh [Causing to Forget] , according to all that he did;

⁴And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] with innocent blood; which the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) would not pardon.

⁵Now the rest of the acts of Y’hoyakim [Yehovah raises up] , and all that he did, [are] they not written in the book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] ?

⁶So Y’hoyakim [Yehovah raises up] slept with his fathers: and Y’hoyakhin [Yehovah establishes] his son reigned in his stead.

⁷And the king of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] had taken from the river of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] unto the river Euphrates (to break forth, to gush) all that pertained to the king of Mitzrayim [Egypt - The Narrow Place] .

⁸Y’hoyakhin [Yehovah establishes] [was] eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] three months. And his mother’s name [was] N’chushta [brass] , the daughter of Elnatan [God has given] of Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] .

⁹And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , according to all that his father had done.

¹⁰At that time the servants of N’vukhadnetzar [May Nebo protect the crown] king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] came up against Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , and the city was besieged.

¹¹And N’vukhadnetzar [May Nebo protect the crown] king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.

¹²And Y’hoyakhin [Yehovah establishes] the king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] went out to the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] , he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] took him in the eighth year of his reign.

¹³And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Shlomo (Solomon) [peace] king of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] had made in the temple of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , as the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) had said.

¹⁴And he carried away all Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] , and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, [even] ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest of the people of the land.

¹⁵And he carried away Y’hoyakhin [Yehovah establishes] to Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] , and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity from Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] to Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] .

¹⁶And all the men of might, [even] seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all [that were] strong [and] trained for war, even them the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] brought captive to Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] .

¹⁷And the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] made Matanyah [gift of Yehovah] his father’s brother king in his place, and changed his name to Tzidkiyah [Yehovah is righteous] .

¹⁸Tzidkiyah [Yehovah is righteous] [was] twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] . And his mother’s name [was] Hamuta [father-in-law is protection] , the daughter of Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed] of Livnah [Pavement] .

¹⁹And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , according to all that Y’hoyakim [Yehovah raises up] had done.

²⁰Because through the anger of the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) it came to pass in Yerushalayim [Foundation of Peace] and Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , until he had cast them out from his presence, that Tzidkiyah [Yehovah is righteous] rebelled against the king of Bavel (to jumble, or a confused medley of sounds; confusion; gate of the deity) (Babylon) [confusion] .