37 1 Zedekiah succeedeth Jeconiah. 3 He sendeth unto Jeremiah to pray for him. 12 Jeremiah going into the land of Benjamin is taken. 15 He is beaten and put in prison.

And (A)King Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned for [a]Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babel [b]made king in the land of Judah.

But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land would obey the words of the Lord which he spake by the [c]ministry of the Prophet Jeremiah.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:1 Who was called Jehoiachin, or Jeconiah.
  2. Jeremiah 37:1 And called him Zedekiah, whereas before his name was Mattaniah, 2 Kings 24:17.
  3. Jeremiah 37:2 Hebrew, hand.

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