Jeremiah 21:1
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Jerusalem’s Doom Is Sealed
21 The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord when (A)King Zedekiah sent to him (B)Pashhur the son of Melchiah, and (C)Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying,
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Jeremiah 37:3
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3 And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and (A)Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, (B)“Pray now to the Lord our God for us.”
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Jeremiah 29:25
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25 Thus speaks the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, saying: You have sent letters in your name to all the people who are at Jerusalem, (A)to Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah the priest, and to all the priests, saying,
Jeremiah 52:24
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The People Taken Captive to Babylonia
24 (A)The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, (B)Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers.
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Jeremiah 38:1
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Jeremiah in the Dungeon
38 Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, (A)Jucal[a] the son of Shelemiah, and (B)Pashhur the son of Malchiah (C)heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying,
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- Jeremiah 38:1 Jehucal, Jer. 37:3
Jeremiah 52:1-3
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The Fall of Jerusalem Reviewed(A)
52 Zedekiah was (B)twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of (C)Libnah. 2 He also did evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, till He finally cast them out from His presence. Then Zedekiah (D)rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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Jeremiah 37:1
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Zedekiah’s Vain Hope(A)
37 Now King (B)Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
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Jeremiah 32:1-3
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Jeremiah Buys a Field
32 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (A)in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2 For then the king of Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was shut up (B)in the court of the prison, which was in the king of Judah’s house. 3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, “Why do you (C)prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: (D)“Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it;
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1 Chronicles 9:12
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12 Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pashur, the son of Malchijah; Maasai the son of Adiel, the son of Jahzerah, the son of Meshullam, the son of Meshillemith, the son of Immer;
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2 Kings 25:18-21
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18 (A)And the captain of the guard took (B)Seraiah the chief priest, (C)Zephaniah the second priest, and the three doorkeepers. 19 He also took out of the city an officer who had charge of the men of war, (D)five men of [a]the king’s close associates who were found in the city, the chief recruiting officer of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city. 20 So Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, took these and brought them to the king of Babylon at Riblah. 21 Then the king of Babylon struck them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. (E)Thus Judah was carried away captive from its own land.
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- 2 Kings 25:19 Lit. those seeing the king’s face
2 Kings 24:17-18
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Zedekiah Reigns in Judah(A)
17 Then (B)the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, (C)Jehoiachin’s[a] uncle, king in his place, and (D)changed his name to Zedekiah.
18 (E)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was (F)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
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- 2 Kings 24:17 Lit. his
Nehemiah 11:12
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12 Their brethren who did the work of the house were eight hundred and twenty-two; and Adaiah the son of Jeroham, the son of Pelaliah, the son of Amzi, the son of Zechariah, the son of Pashhur, the son of Malchijah,
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2 Chronicles 36:10-13
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10 At the turn of the year (A)King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, (B)with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made (C)Zedekiah,[a] [b]Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Zedekiah Reigns in Judah(D)
11 (E)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, and (F)did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. 13 And he also (G)rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he (H)stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:10 Or Mattaniah
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 Lit. his brother, 2 Kin. 24:17
1 Chronicles 3:15
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15 The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second [a]Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth [b]Shallum.
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- 1 Chronicles 3:15 Eliakim, 2 Kin. 23:34
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 Jehoahaz, 2 Kin. 23:31
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