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Chapter 24

First Invasion of Nebuchadnezzar; Jehoiakim Submits

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In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up [because] Jehoiakim had become his servant [for] three years; then he turned and rebelled against him.
So Yahweh sent against him raiding bands of Chaldeans, raiding bands of Aram, raiding bands of Moab, and raiding bands of the {Ammonites}.[note: Literally "sons/children of Ammon"] He had sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of Yahweh that he had spoken by the hand of his servants the prophets.