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BUT a terror seized on the king of Babylon, who had given the kingdom
to Jehoiachin, and that immediately; he was afraid that he should bear
him a grudge, because of his killing his father, and thereupon should make
the country revolt from him; wherefore he sent an army, and besieged Jehoiachin
in Jerusalem; but because he was of a gentle and just disposition, he did
not desire to see the city endangered on his account, but he took his mother
and kindred, and delivered them to the commanders sent by the king of Babylon,
and accepted of their oaths, that neither should they suffer any harm,
nor the city; which agreement they did not observe for a single year, for
the king of Babylon did not keep it, but gave orders to his generals to
take all that were in the city captives, both the youth and the handicraftsmen,
and bring them bound to him; their number was ten thousand eight hundred
and thirty-two; as also Jehoiachin, and his mother and friends. And when
these were brought to him, he kept them in custody, and appointed Jehoiachin's
uncle, Zedekiah, to be king; and made him take an oath, that he would certainly
keep the kingdom for him, and make no innovation, nor have any league of
friendship with the Egyptians.
Flavius Josephus. The Works of Flavius Josephus. Translated by. William Whiston, A.M. Auburn and Buffalo. John E. Beardsley. 1895.
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