Bible Cross References
the nations
2 Kings 24:1-6
1
While Jehoiakim was king, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded Judah, and for three years Jehoiakim was forced to submit to his rule; then he rebelled.
2
The LORD sent armed bands of Babylonians, Syrians, Moabites, and Ammonites against Jehoiakim to destroy Judah, as the LORD had said through his servants the prophets that he would do.
3
This happened at the LORD's command, in order to banish the people of Judah from his sight because of all the sins that King Manasseh had committed,
4
and especially because of all the innocent people he had killed. The LORD could not forgive Manasseh for that.
5
Everything that Jehoiakim did is recorded in The History of the Kings of Judah.
6
Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.
and spread
Ezekiel 19:4
The nations heard about him and trapped him in a pit. With hooks they dragged him off to Egypt.
Ezekiel 12:13
But I will spread out my net and trap him in it. Then I will take him to the city of Babylon, where he will die without having seen it.
Ezekiel 17:20
I will spread out a hunter's net and catch him in it. I will take him to Babylonia and punish him there, because he was unfaithful to me.
Lamentations 4:20
They captured the source of our life, the king the LORD had chosen, the one we had trusted to protect us from every invader.