2 Kings 24

1 in/on/with day his to ascend: rise Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon and to be to/for him Jehoiakim servant/slave three year and to return: turn back and to rebel in/on/with him

While Jehoiakim was ruling [Judah, the army of] King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon invaded Judah. [They defeated the Judean army, and as a result, ] Jehoiakim was required to pay a lot of tribute/taxes to King Nebuchadnezzar. But after three years, Jehoiakim rebelled.

2 and to send: depart LORD in/on/with him [obj] band Chaldea and [obj] band Syria and [obj] band Moab and [obj] band son: descendant/people Ammon and to send: depart them in/on/with Judah to/for to perish him like/as word LORD which to speak: speak in/on/with hand: by servant/slave his [the] prophet

Then Yahweh sent raiders from Babylonia and Syria, and from the Moab and Ammon people-groups, to attack the people of Judah and get rid of them, just as Yahweh had told his prophets to warn the people would happen.

3 surely upon lip: word LORD to be in/on/with Judah to/for to turn aside: remove from upon face his in/on/with sin Manasseh like/as all which to make: do

These things happened to the people of Judah according to what Yahweh commanded. [He had decided] to get rid of the people of Judah because of the many sins that King Manasseh [had committed].

4 and also blood [the] innocent which to pour: kill and to fill [obj] Jerusalem blood innocent and not be willing LORD to/for to forgive

Manasseh had even caused many innocent people in Jerusalem to be killed, and Yahweh would not forgive that.

5 and remainder word: deed Jehoiakim and all which to make: do not they(masc.) to write upon scroll: book Chronicles [the] day to/for king Judah

The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king, and all the things that he did, are written in the scroll called ‘The History of the Kings of Judah’.

6 and to lie down: be dead Jehoiakim with father his and to reign Jehoiachin son: child his underneath: instead him

When Jehoiakim died, his son Jehoiachin became the king.

7 and not to add: again still king Egypt to/for to come out: come from land: country/planet his for to take: take king Babylon from Brook Egypt till river Euphrates all which to be to/for king Egypt

[The army of] the king of Babylon [defeated the army of Egypt, and] took control of all the area that the Egyptians formerly controlled, from the brook [at the border] of Egypt [in the south] to the Euphrates River [in the north]. So [the army of] the king of Egypt did not return [to attack Judah] again.

8 son: aged eight ten year Jehoiachin in/on/with to reign he and three month to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his Nehushta daughter Elnathan from Jerusalem

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he became the king of Judah. His mother’s name was Nehushta; she was the daughter of a man from Jerusalem named Elnathan. Jehoiachin ruled in Jerusalem for [only] three months.

9 and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD like/as all which to make: do father his

Jehoiachin did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as his father had done.

10 in/on/with time [the] he/she/it (to ascend: rise *Q(K)*) servant/slave Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon Jerusalem and to come (in): besiege [the] city in/on/with siege

[While Jehoiachin was king, ] some officers of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon came [along with the whole Babylonian army] to Jerusalem, and they surrounded the city.

11 and to come (in): come Nebuchadnezzar king Babylon upon [the] city and servant/slave his to confine upon her

While they were doing that, Nebuchadnezzar himself came to the city.

12 and to come out: come Jehoiachin king Judah upon king Babylon he/she/it and mother his and servant/slave his and ruler his and eunuch his and to take: take [obj] him king Babylon in/on/with year eight to/for to reign him

Then King Jehoiachin and his mother and his advisors and important officers and palace officials all surrendered to the Babylonian army. These thngs happened when Nebuchadnezzar had been king for eight years. He arrested Jehoiachin and took him to Babylon.

13 and to come out: send from there [obj] all treasure house: temple LORD and treasure house: home [the] king and to cut [obj] all article/utensil [the] gold which to make Solomon king Israel in/on/with temple LORD like/as as which to speak: promise LORD

Just as Yahweh had said would happen, Nebuchadnezzar’s [soldiers] took [to Babylon] all the valuable things from Yahweh’s temple and from the king’s palace. They cut apart all the gold items that King Solomon had put in the temple.

14 and to reveal: remove [obj] all Jerusalem and [obj] all [the] ruler and [obj] all mighty man [the] strength (ten *Q(K)*) thousand captivity and all [the] artificer and [the] locksmith not to remain exception poor people [the] land: country/planet

They took from Jerusalem [to Babylon] 10,000 people, including the important officials and the best soldiers and the people who made and repaired things that were made of metal. Only the very poor people were left in Judah.

15 and to reveal: remove [obj] Jehoiachin Babylon [to] and [obj] mother [the] king and [obj] woman: wife [the] king and [obj] eunuch his and [obj] (leader *Q(K)*) [the] land: country/planet to go: take captivity from Jerusalem Babylon [to]

Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers also took to Babylon Jehoiachin’s wives and officials, his mother, and [all] the important people.

16 and [obj] all human [the] strength seven thousand and [the] artificer and [the] locksmith thousand [the] all mighty man to make battle and to come (in): bring them king Babylon captivity Babylon [to]

They also took to Babylon 7,000 of the best soldiers and 1,000 men who knew how to make and repair things that are made from metal. All of these people whom they took were strong and able to fight in wars.

17 and to reign king Babylon [obj] Mattaniah beloved: male relative his underneath: instead him and to turn: changed [obj] name his Zedekiah

Then the king of Babylon appointed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Mattaniah, to be the king [of Judah], and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.

18 son: aged twenty and one year Zedekiah in/on/with to reign he and one ten year to reign in/on/with Jerusalem and name mother his (Hamutal *Q(K)*) daughter Jeremiah from Libnah

When Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was the daughter of a man named Jeremiah from Libnah [town].

19 and to make: do [the] bad: evil in/on/with eye: seeing LORD like/as all which to make: do Jehoiakim

But Zedekiah did many things that Yahweh considered to be evil, just as Jehoiakim had done.

20 for upon face: anger LORD to be in/on/with Jerusalem and in/on/with Judah till to throw he [obj] them from upon face: before his and to rebel Zedekiah in/on/with king Babylon

Yahweh was very angry. So (and finally/after he had been patient a long time) he expelled the people of Jerusalem and [the other places in] Judah and sent them to Babylon. [That is what happened when] Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.