Zedekiah King of Judah^(A)

¹⁸ Zedekiah^(B) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal^(C) daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. ¹⁹ He did evil^(D) in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰ It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust^(E) them from his presence.^(F)

The Fall of Jerusalem^(G)(H)(I)

Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

25 So in the ninth^(J) year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar^(K) king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. He encamped outside the city and built siege works^(L) all around it. ² The city was kept under siege until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.