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The Babalian Invasion and the Extraction of the Elite
In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babal came up, and Yehoyaqim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him.
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And 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Arameans, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Yahudah to destroy it, according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, which he spake by his servants the prophets.
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The Unpardonable Blood-Guilt
Surely at the commandment of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 came this upon Yahudah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manashah, according to all that he did;
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And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Yarushalayim with innocent blood; which 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 would not pardon.
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Now the rest of the acts of Yehoyaqim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Yahudah?
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So Yehoyaqim slept with his fathers: and Yehoyachin his son reigned in his stead.
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The Collapse of the Mitzrite Matrix
And the king of Mitzrayim came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babal had taken from the river of Mitzrayim unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Mitzrayim.
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The Brief Reign of Yehoyachin
Yehoyachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Yarushalayim three months. And his mother's name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Yarushalayim.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, according to all that his father had done.
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The Siege of Yarushalayim
At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babal came up against Yarushalayim, and the city was besieged.
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And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babal came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
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The Surrender of the Royal House
And Yehoyachin the king of Yahudah went out to the king of Babal, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babal took him in the eighth year of his reign.
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The Plundering of the Qodesh Vessels
And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Shalumoh king of Yashar'al had made in the temple of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, as 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 had said.
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The First Deportation to Babal
And he carried away all Yarushalayim, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
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And he carried away Yehoyachin to Babal, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Yarushalayim to Babal.
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And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babal brought captive to Babal.
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The Installation of the Puppet King
And the king of Babal made Mattanyah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Tzidqiyahu.
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The Reign of Tzidqiyahu
Tzidqiyahu was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Yarushalayim. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Yirmeyahu of Libnah.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, according to all that Yehoyaqim had done.
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The Fatal Rebellion
For through the anger of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 it came to pass in Yarushalayim and Yahudah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Tzidqiyahu rebelled against the king of Babal.