^17 (A)And the king of Babylon ^(B)made Mattaniah, ^(C)Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, ^(D)and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

^18 (A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was ^(B)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

¹⁵ The sons of Josiah: ^(A)Johanan the firstborn, the second ^(B)Jehoiakim, the third ^(C)Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

¹⁰ In ^(A)the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, ^(B)with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother ^(C)Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

37 ^(A)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, ^(B)whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of ^(C)Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.