KJV King James Version
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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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.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
WEB World English Bible
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
ASV American Standard Version
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
In his days hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon come up, and Jehoiakim is to him a servant three years; and he turneth and rebelleth against him,
Surrounding context — 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.
2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
3 Surely at the commandment of the LORD came [this] upon Judah, to remove [them] out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did;
4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.
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These Hebrew/Greek tokens are linked by Strong's number. Click one for its lexicon definition and other occurrences.
בְּיָמָ֣יוH3117 · yomdayעָלָ֔הH5927 · a.lahto ascend: riseנְבֻכַדְנֶאצַּ֖רH5019 · ne.vu.khad.nets.tsarNebuchadnezzarמֶ֣לֶךְH4428 · me.lekhkingבָּבֶ֑לH894 · ba.velBabylonוַיְהִי־H1961 · ha.yahto beל֨וֹH9033 · ohimיְהוֹיָקִ֥יםH3079 · ye.ho.ya.qimJehoiakimעֶ֙בֶד֙H5650 · e.vedservant/slaveשָׁלֹ֣שׁH7969 · sha.loshthreeשָׁנִ֔יםH8141 · sha.nehyearוַיָּ֖שָׁבH7725 · shuvto return: returnוַיִּמְרָד־H4775 · ma.radto rebelבּֽוֹ׃H9033 · ohim
Cross-references
Jeremiah 25:1The 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;Daniel 1:1In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah came Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon unto Jerusalem, and besieged it.Jeremiah 25:9Behold, 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 17:5Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years.2 Chronicles 36:6-21Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon.Jeremiah 46:2Against 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.
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