2 Kings 24:1

¶ In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

In his days {H3117} Nebuchadnezzar {H5019} king {H4428} of Babylon {H894} came up {H5927}, and Jehoiakim {H3079} became his servant {H5650} three {H7969} years {H8141}: then he turned {H7725} and rebelled {H4775} against him.

It was in Y'hoyakim's time that N'vukhadnetzar king of Bavel invaded. Y'hoyakim became his vassal for three years, but then he turned against him and rebelled.

During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.

In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.

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Cross-References

  • Daniel 1:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.

  • Jeremiah 25:1 (6 votes)

    ¶ The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that [was] the first year of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon;

  • Jeremiah 25:9 (5 votes)

    Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.

  • 2 Kings 17:5 (3 votes)

    Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.

  • Jeremiah 46:2 (3 votes)

    Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaohnecho king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon smote in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:6 (3 votes)

    Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:21 (3 votes)

    To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: [for] as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.