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The Destruction of Jerusalem Reviewed

52 [a]Zedeki′ah was twenty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamu′tal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoi′akim had done. Surely because of the anger of the Lord things came to such a pass in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

And Zedeki′ah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. 52 Historical supplement which recapitulates and enlarges on 2 Kings 24.18–25.30. Cf. Is 36–39, which was added in the same way.

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