2 Kings 24:18-20

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Judah’s King Zedekiah

¹⁸Zedekiah^(A) was twenty-one years old when he became king,^(B) and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal^(C) daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. ¹⁹Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as Jehoiakim had done.^(D) ²⁰Because of the Lord’s anger,^(E) it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he finally banished them from his presence.^(F) Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.^(G)

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2 Chronicles 36:11-13

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Judah’s King Zedekiah

¹¹Zedekiah was twenty-one years old^(A) when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹²He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God and did not humble himself^(B) before the prophet Jeremiah at the Lord’s command.^(C) ¹³He also rebelled against^(D) King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate^[a]^(E) and hardened his heart against returning to the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Footnotes

36:13 Lit He stiffened his neck

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