Zedekiah Made King

^17 (A)Then the king of Babylon made ^[a]his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

^18 (B)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^(C)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Jeremiah Imprisoned

32 The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord in the ^(A)tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. ² Now at that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the ^(B)courtyard of the guard, which was at the house of the king of Judah, ³ because Zedekiah king of Judah had ^(C)imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you ^(D)prophesy, saying, ‘^(E)This is what the Lord says: “Behold, I am going to ^(F)hand this city over to the king of Babylon, and he will take it;

Jeremiah Warns against Trust in Pharaoh

37 Now ^(A)Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had ^(B)made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of ^(C)Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.

The Fall of Jerusalem

52 ^(A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was ^[a](B)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of ^(C)Libnah. ² He did ^(D)evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that ^(E)Jehoiakim had done. ³ For because of the ^(F)anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah, until He drove them out from His presence. And Zedekiah ^(G)revolted against the king of Babylon.