8 UYehoyakin+ waba ngukumkani xa wayeneminyaka eyi-18, ibe walawula eYerusalem+ iinyanga ezintathu. Igama likamama wakhe yayinguNehushta intombi kaElnatan waseYerusalem.

12 UKumkani uYehoyakin wakwaYuda waphuma waya kukumkani waseBhabhiloni,+ inguye, umama wakhe, izicaka zakhe, iinkosana zakhe namagosa endlu yakhe;+ kwaye ukumkani waseBhabhiloni wamthimba ngonyaka wesibhozo wolawulo lwakhe.+

24 Emva koko uYehova wandibonisa iibhaskithi ezimbini zamafiya* zibekwe phambi kwetempile kaYehova, emva kokuba uKumkani uNebhukadenetsare,* ukumkani waseBhabhiloni, ethimbe uYekoniya*+ unyana kaYehoyakim,+ ukumkani wakwaYuda, iinkosana zakwaYuda, abakhandi abangamachule nabo basebenza ngesinyithi;* wabathatha eYerusalem wabasa eBhabhiloni.+

11 uYosiya+ wazala uYekoniya+ nabantakwabo, ngemihla yokuthinjelwa kwamaYuda eBhabhiloni.+