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10 In the spring of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent men and had him brought to Babylon, along with the precious vessels of the House of the Lord. He made his uncle[a] Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Zedekiah King of Judah

11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned as king in Jerusalem for eleven years.

12 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Literally his brother, that is, his relative. See 2 Kings 24:17, which specifies that Zedekiah is his uncle.
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:12 Or who was a prophet by the mouth of the Lord