<Tr> <Td> Jehoahaz Reigned for 3 months . </Td> <Td> 609 </Td> <Td> 609 </Td> <Td> 609 </Td> <Td> 609 </Td> <Td> יהואחז בן - יאשיהו מלך יהודה Yeho'ahaz ben Yo'shiyahu, Melekh Yehudah </Td> <Td> Death: Neco, king of Egypt, dethroned him and was replaced by his brother, Eliakim . Carried off to Egypt, where he died . </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jehoiakim Reigned for 11 years . </Td> <Td> 609--598 </Td> <Td> 609--598 </Td> <Td> 609--598 </Td> <Td> 609--598 </Td> <Td> יהויקים בן - יאשיהו מלך יהודה Yehoyaqim ben Yo'shiyahu, Melekh Yehudah </Td> <Td> Death: Natural Causes The Battle of Carchemish occurred in the fourth year of his reign (Jeremiah 46: 2) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) Reigned for 3 months & 10 days . </Td> <Td> 598 </Td> <Td> 598 </Td> <Td> 598--597 </Td> <Td> 598--597 </Td> <Td> יהויכין בן - יהויקים מלך יהודה Yehoyakhin ben Yehoyaqim, Melekh Yehudah יכניהו בן - יהויקים מלך יהודה Yekhonyahu ben Yehoyaqim, Melekh Yehudah </Td> <Td> Death: King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon sent for him and brought him to Babylon, where he lived and died . Jerusalem was captured by the Babylonians and Jehoiachin deposed on 16 March, 597 BCE . Called Jeconiah in Jeremiah and Esther </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Zedekiah Reigned for 11 years . </Td> <Td> 597--587 </Td> <Td> 597--586 </Td> <Td> 597--586 </Td> <Td> 597--586 </Td> <Td> צדקיהו בן - יאשיהו מלך יהודה Tzidqiyahu ben Yo'shiyahu, Melekh Yehudah </Td> <Td> Death: In prison . His reign saw the second rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar (588--586 BC). Jerusalem was captured after a lengthy siege, the temple burnt, Zedekiah blinded and taken into exile, and Judah reduced to a province . </Td> </Tr>

First king of the southern kingdom of israel