Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
He did that which was evil in the LORD his God’s sight.
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of the LORD’s house to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.