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Jehoiakim’s Reign; Nebuchadnezzar’s First Capture of Jerusalem

Jehoiakim was 25 years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem, but he practiced what the Lord his God considered to be evil. As a result, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked him, bound him in bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also took articles from the Lord’s Temple to Babylon and placed them in his temple in Babylon.

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