Captivity in Babylon Begun

10 (A)At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord, and he made his kinsman (B)Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah Rules in Judah

11 (C)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God; (D)he did not humble himself (E)before Jeremiah the prophet [a]who spoke for the Lord. 13 (F)He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But (G)he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:12 Lit from the mouth of the Lord

Jeremiah Warns against Trust in Pharaoh

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

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