Zedekiah Reigns in Judah
18 zZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was aHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 And he bdid what was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that cJehoiakim had done. 20 For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he dcast them out from his presence.
And Zedekiah erebelled against the king of Babylon.
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.
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.
