2 Kings 24:18-20

Common English Bible

Zedekiah rules Judah

¹⁸ Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was Jeremiah’s daughter and was from Libnah. ¹⁹ He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes, just as Jehoiakim had done. ²⁰ It was precisely because the Lord was angry with Jerusalem and Judah that he thrust them out of his presence.

The southern kingdom falls

Now Zedekiah rebelled against the Babylonian king.