Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when became king, and he reigned three months. He did what displeased the Lord. Nebuchadnezzar came up to Jerusalem and besieged it. And Jehoiachin went out of the city to Nebuchadnezzar with his mother and his servants, all the princes, and his officers. Nebuchadnezzar took him and his entire reign prisoner. He took all the treasures from the house of the Lord and the king’s house and smashed the golden vessels of Solomon, king of Israel. He carried away all Jerusalem, all the princes, all the men of war, ten thousand captives and all the craftsmen and no one remained there except the poor. He carried off everyone to Babylon. Seven thousand of the best people, one thousand strong smiths and carpenters and strong men of war. He brought them all as captives to Babylon.
He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah. He was twenty-one years old.