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2 Kings 24:1

JehoiakimNebuchadnezzarBabylon
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;

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BSB
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until he turned and rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar.
KJV
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
WEB
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him.
ASV
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
DARBY
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim was his servant three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
BLB
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became a vassal to him three years. And he turned and rebelled against him.
ÅB
I hans tid dro kongen i Babel Nebukadnesar opp, og Jojakim ble hans tjener i tre år; da falt han fra ham igjen.
OTB
I hans dager dro Nebukadnesar, kongen av Babylon, opp, og Jojakim ble hans tjener i tre år; men så vendte han seg og gjorde opprør mot ham.
B1930
I hans tid drog kongen i Babel Nebukadnesar op, og Jojakim blev hans tjener i tre år; da falt han fra ham igjen.

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  • Daniel 1:1

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

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  • Jeremiah 25:1

    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;

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  • Jeremiah 25:9

    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.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:6–21

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

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  • 2 Kings 17:5

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

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  • Jeremiah 46:2

    Against Egypt, against the army of Pharaoh-necho 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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