28 June, 2018. Thurs. of Week 12

(St Irenaeus, bishop & martyr (Memorial) 1st Reading: 2 Kings (24:8-17) Nebuchadnezzar’s first deportation of the Jews to Babylon, c. 597 BCE Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the…