During his reign the prophet Jeremiah warned of attack by the Babylonians. Jeremiah spoke against Jehoiakim’s idolatrous practices, telling Baruch his scribe to write his words of warning in a scroll. When King Jehoiakim heard Jeremiah’s prophecies he burned them and Baruch had to produce new copies. Jehoiakim tried to rebel against the Babylonians but died before the Babylonians captured Jerusalem.