3. The Lord commanded this to happen to the people of Judah, to remove them from his presence, because of all the sins of Manasseh.
4. He had killed many innocent people and had filled Jerusalem with their blood. And the Lord would not forgive these sins.
5. The other things that happened while Jehoiakim was king and all he did are written in the book of the history of the kings of Judah.
6. Jehoiakim died, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.