2 Kings 24
1 યહોયાકીમે રાજાના અમલ દરમ્યાન બાબિલનો રાજા નબૂખાદનેસ્સાર યરૂશાલેમ પર ચઢી આવ્યો. યહોયાકીમ તેને તાબે થઈ ગયો. પરિણામે ત્રણ વર્ષ પર્યંત તેને વસૂલી ભરવી પડી, પણ પછી તેણે બંડ કર્યું.
2 આથી યહોવાએ બાબિલ, અરામ, મોઆબ અને આમ્મોનના સશસ્ત્ર સૈનિકોને તેની સામે લડવા મોકલ્યા. અને આમ, યહોવાએ પોતાના પ્રબોધકો મારફતે જણાવ્યા મુજબ યહૂદાને ખેદાન-મેદાન કરી નાખ્યું.
3 યહૂદાની આવી સ્થિતી એક જ કારણથી થઈ હતી.
4 તે કારણ હતુ કે, યહોવાએ તેમને મનાશ્શાના પાપોની સજા કરવા માટે આ હુકમ કર્યો હતો. આ એટલા માટે થયું, કારણકે તેણે નિદોર્ષ લોકોને મારીને તેમના લોહીથી યરૂશાલેમને ભરી દીધું હતું. યહોવા આ પાપ માટે તેમને કદી માફ કરવા નહોતા માગતા.
5 યહૂદાના રાજા યહોયાકીમનાઁ શાસનનાં બીજાં બનાવો અને કાર્યો, યહૂદાના રાજાઓના ઇતિહાસ નામક પુસ્તકમાં લખાયેલાઁ છે.
6 તે મૃત્યુ પામ્યો અને તેનો પુત્ર યહોયાખીન રાજા બન્યો.
7 મિસરનો રાજા ત્યાર પછી ફરી કદી પોતાના દેશમાંથી હુમલો કરવા બહાર આવ્યો નહોતો, કારણ બાબિલના રાજાએ મિસરના વહેળાથી ફ્રાત નદી સુધીનો તેના કબજા હેઠળનો પ્રદેશ પડાવી લીધો હતો.
8 યહોયાખીન ગાદીએ આવ્યો ત્યારે તેની ઉંમર 18 વર્ષની હતી અને તેણે યરૂશાલેમમાં 3 મહિના રાજ કર્યુ, તેની માતાનું નામ નહુશ્તા હતું અને તે યરૂશાલેમના એલ્નાથાનની પુત્રી હતી.
9 યહોયાખીને તેના પિતાની જેમ યહોવાની દૃષ્ટિએ અયોગ્ય ગણાય એવું આચરણ કર્યુ.
10 તે સમયે બાબિલના રાજા નબૂખાદનેસ્સારના સેનાપતિઓએ યરૂશાલેમ પર ચઢાઈ કરી તેને ઘેરો ઘાલ્યો.
11 તેનું લશ્કર શહેરને ઘેરો ઘાલીને પડયું હતું એ દરમ્યાન તે જાતે ત્યાં આવી પહોંચ્યો.
12 અને યહૂદાનો રાજા યહોયાખીન, તેની મા, તેના અમલદારો, તેના આગેવાનો અને દરબારીઓ સૌ બાબિલના રાજા પાસે ગયાં અને બાબિલના રાજાએ તેમને પકડીને કેદ કર્યા. નબૂખાદનેસ્સાર રાજા હતો ત્યારે તેના શાસનના 8મેં વષેર્ આ બન્યું.
13 નબૂખાદનેસ્સાર, યહોવાએ અગમવાણી જણાવ્યા મુજબ, યહોવાના મંદિરના તેમજ રાજમહેલના બધા ખજાના ઉપાડી ગયો, અને તેણે ઇસ્રાએલના રાજા સુલેમાને બનાવડાવેલા બધાં સોનાના વાસણો પણ દૂર કર્યા, તેણે જેમ યહોવાએ કીધું હતું તેમજ કર્યું .
14 તેણે યરૂશાલેમના બધા વતનીઓને-બધા ઉમરાવોને અને અગ્રગણ્ય માણસોને અને ધનવાનો તથા લુહારો અને બીજા કારીગરો સુદ્ધાં સૌનો દેશનિકાલ કર્યો; તે બધા મળીને કુલ 10,000 હતા, ફકત વસ્તીનો ગરીબમાં ગરીબ વર્ગ જ બાકી રહ્યો.
15 યહોયાખીનને તેની માને તેના દરબારીઓને અને દેશના બધા આગળ પડતા માણસોને તે યરૂશાલેમથી બાબિલ લઈ ગયો.
16 વળી તે દેશના 7,000 બળવાન માણસોને, 1,000 લુહારો અને કારીગરોને, જે બધા જ બળવાન અને યુદ્ધે ચડી શકે એવા હતા તેમને બાબિલ દેશવટે લઈ ગયો.રાજા સિદકિયા
17 બાબિલના રાજાએ યહોયાખીનના કાકા માત્તાન્યાને તેની પછી રાજા બનાવ્યો અને તેનું નામ બદલીને સિદકિયા રાખ્યું.
18 સિદકિયા ગાદીએ આવ્યો, ત્યારે તેની ઉંમર 21 વર્ષની હતી, અને તેણે યરૂશાલેમમાં 11 વર્ષ રાજ કર્યું, તેની માતાનું નામ હમૂટાલ હતું, અને લિબ્નાહના યમિર્યાની પુત્રી હતી.
19 સિદકિયાએ યહોયા ખીનની જેમ યહોવાની દૃષ્ટિએ અયોગ્ય ગણાય એવું આચરણ કર્યુ.
20 યરૂશાલેમે અને યહૂદાએ યહોવાનો એટલો બધો રોષ વહોરી લીધો કે છેલ્લે તેણે તેમને પોતાની નજર આગળથી દૂર કર્યા; પછી રાજા સિદકિયાએ બાબિલના રાજાની વિરૂદ્ધ બળવો કર્યો.
1 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;
4 And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the Lord would not pardon.
5 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
7 And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt.
8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father had done.
10 At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11 And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it.
12 And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
13 And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.
14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.
15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, 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 Jerusalem to Babylon.
16 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 Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20 For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
1 In the three and twentieth year of Joash the son of Ahaziah king of Judah Jehoahaz the son of Jehu began to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned seventeen years.
2 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, and followed the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, which made Israel to sin; he departed not therefrom.
3 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Israel, and he delivered them into the hand of Hazael king of Syria, and into the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael, all their days.
4 And Jehoahaz besought the Lord, and the Lord hearkened unto him: for he saw the oppression of Israel, because the king of Syria oppressed them.
5 (And the Lord gave Israel a saviour, so that they went out from under the hand of the Syrians: and the children of Israel dwelt in their tents, as beforetime.
6 Nevertheless they departed not from the sins of the house of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin, but walked therein: and there remained the grove also in Samaria.)
7 Neither did he leave of the people to Jehoahaz but fifty horsemen, and ten chariots, and ten thousand footmen; for the king of Syria had destroyed them, and had made them like the dust by threshing.
8 Now the rest of the acts of Jehoahaz, and all that he did, and his might, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
9 And Jehoahaz slept with his fathers; and they buried him in Samaria: and Joash his son reigned in his stead.
10 In the thirty and seventh year of Joash king of Judah began Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz to reign over Israel in Samaria, and reigned sixteen years.
11 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord; he departed not from all the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, who made Israel sin: but he walked therein.
12 And the rest of the acts of Joash, and all that he did, and his might wherewith he fought against Amaziah king of Judah, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Israel?
13 And Joash slept with his fathers; and Jeroboam sat upon his throne: and Joash was buried in Samaria with the kings of Israel.
14 Now Elisha was fallen sick of his sickness whereof he died. And Joash the king of Israel came down unto him, and wept over his face, and said, O my father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof.
15 And Elisha said unto him, Take bow and arrows. And he took unto him bow and arrows.
16 And he said to the king of Israel, Put thine hand upon the bow. And he put his hand upon it: and Elisha put his hands upon the king’s hands.
17 And he said, Open the window eastward. And he opened it. Then Elisha said, Shoot. And he shot. And he said, The arrow of the Lord’s deliverance, and the arrow of deliverance from Syria: for thou shalt smite the Syrians in Aphek, till thou have consumed them.
18 And he said, Take the arrows. And he took them. And he said unto the king of Israel, Smite upon the ground. And he smote thrice, and stayed.
19 And the man of God was wroth with him, and said, Thou shouldest have smitten five or six times; then hadst thou smitten Syria till thou hadst consumed it: whereas now thou shalt smite Syria but thrice.
20 And Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the land at the coming in of the year.
21 And it came to pass, as they were burying a man, that, behold, they spied a band of men; and they cast the man into the sepulchre of Elisha: and when the man was let down, and touched the bones of Elisha, he revived, and stood up on his feet.
22 But Hazael king of Syria oppressed Israel all the days of Jehoahaz.
23 And the Lord was gracious unto them, and had compassion on them, and had respect unto them, because of his covenant with Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and would not destroy them, neither cast he them from his presence as yet.
24 So Hazael king of Syria died; and Ben-hadad his son reigned in his stead.
25 And Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again out of the hand of Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities, which he had taken out of the hand of Jehoahaz his father by war. Three times did Joash beat him, and recovered the cities of Israel.