Jeremiah 37:1-2

Contemporary English Version

King Zedekiah Asks Jeremiah To Pray

37 ^(A) King Nebuchadnezzar^[a] of Babylonia had removed Jehoiachin^[b] son of Jehoiakim^[c] from being the king of Judah and had made Josiah's^[d] son Zedekiah^[e] king instead.^[f] ²But Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in Judah ignored everything the Lord had told me.

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Footnotes

37.1 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.
37.1 Jehoiachin: Hebrew “Coniah” (see the note at 22.24).
37.1 Jehoiakim: See the note at 1.3.
37.1 Josiah's: Josiah was the father of both Jehoiakim and Zedekiah. Josiah ruled 640–609 b.c.
37.1 Zedekiah: See the note at 1.3.
37.1 King Nebuchadnezzar … instead: See 2 Kings 24.10-17.