11 ^vZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He ^wdid what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. ^xHe did not ^yhumble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.

The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

1 ^zZedekiah was 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 Libnah. 2 And he ^adid what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that ^bJehoiakim had done. 3 For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he ^ccast them out from his presence.

^dAnd Zedekiah ^erebelled against the king of Babylon.

15 The sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second ^tJehoiakim, the third ^uZedekiah, the fourth ^vShallum.

3 It came also in the days of ^dJehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, and until the end of the ^eeleventh year of ^fZedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, until the captivity of Jerusalem in the ^gfifth month.