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Jehoiakim Rules Judah

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he ruled eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was sinful in the eyes of the Lord his God. King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came up against him and tied him with brass chains to take him to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar also brought some of the things of the Lord’s house to Babylon and put them in his place of worship there.

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