2 Ki. 24: More Bad Kings

2 Kings 24:14 "He (Nebuchadnezzar) carried into exile all Jerusalem: all the officers and fighting men, and all the craftsmen and artisans—a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left." 

Jehoiakim was firmly under the thumb of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, but then decided to rebel for some reason. Terrible idea. The LORD, who was intent on the destruction of Judah, sent raiders from all over the place to keep Jehoiakim busy and distracted. Of course Jehoiakim is crushed, and his son takes over. Still repercussions from Manasseh's shedding of innocent blood during his reign.

At least they didn't have to worry about Egypt, since Nebuchadnezzar took all that land.

Jehoiachin succeeds Jehoiakim, and things only get worse. Nebuchadnezzar himself even went to Jerusalem during Babylon's seige. Easy pickings, apparently. Anyway, basically anyone with any worth was taken away to Babylon, leaving only the poor. All the LORD's treasures, since the LORD was using Babylon to judge Judah, became Nebuchadnezzar's. He then sent a force to Jerusalem to keep them in line, and then installs Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah as king. And he was evil too. Nebuchadnezzar, who became Israel's name changer, goes with Zedekiah for Mattaniah. Zedekiah rebels, and since Zed was evil, this could only end well.