aFor ver. 17-20, see 2 Chr. 36:10-13
b[Jer. 37:1]
c[1 Chr. 3:15]
d[ch. 23:34; 2 Chr. 36:4]
eFor ch. 24:18–25:21, see Jer. 52:1-27
fch. 23:31
g[2 Kgs. 23:30]
h[2 Kgs. 23:34]
i[2 Kgs. 24:17]
j2 Sam. 11:1
k[ver. 7, 18]
lJer. 37:1; [2 Kgs. 24:17]
mFor ver. 11-13, see 2 Kgs. 24:18-20; Jer. 52:1, 2
nSee Jer. 21:3-7; 27:12-22; 32:1-5; 37:6-10; 38:17-26
oJer. 52:3; Ezek. 17:15, 18
pSee ch. 30:8
q[ch. 37:5, 11; 39:1, 2; 52:4; 2 Kgs. 25:2]
r[ch. 52:12; 2 Kgs. 25:8]
sPs. 88:8
tver. 8, 12; ch. 33:1; 37:21; 38:6, 13; 39:14; [Neh. 3:25]
uver. 25, 36, 43; ch. 21:10; 34:2; 37:17; 38:3
v2 Kgs. 24:17; 2 Chr. 36:10
w[Ezek. 17:13]
xch. 22:24
yFor ver. 1-27, see 2 Kgs. 24:18–25:21
z2 Kgs. 23:37; See ch. 22:13-17

2 Kings 24:17-18

17 aAnd the king of Babylon bmade Mattaniah, cJehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, dand changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

18 eZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was fHamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

1 Chronicles 3:15

15The sons of Josiah: gJohanan the firstborn, the second hJehoiakim, the third iZedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

2 Chronicles 36:10-13

10In jthe spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, kwith the precious vessels of the house of the Lord, and made his brother lZedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

11 mZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before nJeremiah the prophet, who spoke from the mouth of the Lord. 13 oHe also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. pHe stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord, the God of Israel.

Jeremiah 32:1-3

Jeremiah Buys a Field During the Siege

1The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord qin the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, rwhich was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar. 2At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet swas shut up in tthe court of the guard that was in the palace of the king of Judah. 3For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying, “Why do you prophesy and say, ‘Thus says the Lord: uBehold, I am giving this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall capture it;

Jeremiah 37:1

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

1 vZedekiah the son of Josiah, wwhom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of xConiah the son of Jehoiakim.

Jeremiah 52:1-3

The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

1 yZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, zaccording to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3For because of the anger of the Lord it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence.

And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
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