Esther 2:6

Which verses does Esther 2:6 point to?

Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.

1. 2 Kings 24:14–156 votes

   He carried into exile all Jerusalem—all the commanders and mighty men of valor, all the craftsmen and metalsmiths—ten thousand captives in all. Only the poorest people of the land remained. Nebuchadnezzar carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, as well as the king’s mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of the land. He took them into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2. 2 Chronicles 36:205 votes

   Those who escaped the sword were carried by Nebuchadnezzar into exile in Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the kingdom of Persia came to power.

3. Jeremiah 24:15 votes

   After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

4. 2 Kings 24:64 votes

   And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

5. 2 Chronicles 36:9–103 votes

   Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

6. Jeremiah 22:243 votes

   “As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.

7. Jeremiah 22:281 vote

   Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?

Which verses point to Esther 2:6?

Ranked by reader votes.

• 2 Kings 24:15 4
• Genesis 12:15 2