Judah’s King Zedekiah
18 Zedekiah 24:18 Jr 27:1; 28:1 was twenty-one years old when he became king, 24:18–20 2Ch 36:11–12; Jr 52:1–3 and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal 24:18 2Kg 23:31 daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. 19 Zedekiah did what was evil in the Lord’s sight just as Jehoiakim had done. 24:19 2Kg 23:3720 Because of the Lord’s anger, 24:20 Dt 4:26; 29:27; 2Kg 23:26 it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he finally banished them from his presence. 24:20 2Kg 13:23 Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 24:20 2Ch 36:13; Ezk 17:15