2 Kings 24:5
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
The books of Kings form one whole and are counted as one book in the Hebrew canon, relating the history of the kings from the accession of Solomon to the Babylonian captivity. Within that whole, the verse stands in the third great section, the history of the remaining kingdom of Judah after the ten tribes had been swept away. It is read with 2 Kings 23-24 and places Jehoiakim among Judah's kings after the fall of Israel, in the period when Judah's kings were conquered or made tributary to foreign powers. His reign is given as eleven years. It belongs to the account of his reign in which he served Nebuchadnezzar for three years, then rebelled, and was taken when Nebuchadnezzar returned against Jerusalem, after which Jehoiachin was made king in his place.
The acts to which the verse points include Jehoiakim's rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar after securing promised Egyptian help. When Nebuchadnezzar marched into Palestine and the Egyptians failed to aid him, Jehoiakim submitted, but Nebuchadnezzar had him put to death and his body treated with indignity. The surrounding chapter records that in the reign of Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar came against Jerusalem and took it and carried away some of the chief men of the city to Babylon, among whom were Daniel and his three companions. The verse is part of the account of Judah's three captivities under Nebuchadnezzar, culminating in the destruction of Jerusalem in 586 B.C.