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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] But Zedekiah, his officials, and everyone else in Judah ignored everything the Lord had told me.

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Footnotes

  1. 37.1 Nebuchadnezzar: See the note at 21.2.
  2. 37.1 Jehoiachin: Hebrew “Coniah” (see the note at 22.24).
  3. 37.1 Jehoiakim: See the note at 1.3.
  4. 37.1 Josiah's: Josiah was the father of both Jehoiakim and Zedekiah. Josiah ruled 640–609 b.c.
  5. 37.1 Zedekiah: See the note at 1.3.
  6. 37.1 King Nebuchadnezzar … instead: See 2 Kings 24.10-17.

Jeremiah in Prison

37 Zedekiah(A) son of Josiah was made king(B) of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; he reigned in place of Jehoiachin[a](C) son of Jehoiakim. Neither he nor his attendants nor the people of the land paid any attention(D) to the words the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah the prophet.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 37:1 Hebrew Koniah, a variant of Jehoiachin