¹⁴ Then ^(A)he led away into exile all Jerusalem and all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, ^(B)ten thousand captives, and ^(C)all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained ^(D)except the poorest people of the land.

¹⁵ So ^(E)he led Jehoiachin away into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother and the king’s wives and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led away into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. ¹⁶ All the men of valor, ^(F)seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon.

Zedekiah Made King

^17 (G)Then the king of Babylon made ^[a]his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

^18 (H)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^(I)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. ¹⁹ He did evil in the sight of the Lord, ^(J)according to all that Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰ For ^(K)through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And ^(L)Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

²⁰ which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take when he ^(A)carried into exile Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem.

¹⁷ So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the ^(A)deportation to Babylon, fourteen generations; and from the ^(B)deportation to Babylon to ^[a]the Messiah, fourteen generations.