OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 19

2 Kings 24:19

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He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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2 Kings 24:16–20

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All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

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The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

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Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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For through the anger of the LORD, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.

Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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