Manasseh Succeeds Hezekiah 1 Manasseh was twelve years old when he became king, and he reigned fifty-five years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hephzibah. 2 He did evil…

Josiah Succeeds Amon 1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s namewasJedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath….

Josiah’s Covenant 1 Then the king sent, and they gathered to him all the elders of Judah and of Jerusalem. 2 The king went up to the house of the…

Babylon Controls Jehoiakim 1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servantforthree years; then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 The Lordsent against…

Nebuchadnezzar Besieges Jerusalem 1 Now in the ninth year of his reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army,…