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1 Esdras 1:44-46
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Esdras 1:44-46
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
44 and made Zedekiah king of Judea and Jerusalem.
The Fall of Jerusalem
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, and he reigned eleven years.(A) 45 He also did what was evil in the sight of the Lord and did not heed the words spoken by the prophet Jeremiah from the mouth of the Lord.(B) 46 Although King Nebuchadnezzar had made him swear by the name of the Lord, he broke his oath and rebelled; he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart and transgressed the laws of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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