Jeremiah 37:1
Now king Sedecias the son of Josias reigned instead of Jechonias the son of Joakim: whom Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon made king in the land of Juda.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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2 Kings 24:17And he appointed Matthanias his uncle in his stead: and called his name Sedecias.
2 Chronicles 36:9Joachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem, and he did evil in the sight of the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:24As I live, saith the Lord, if Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda were a ring on my right hand, I would pluck him thence.
Jeremiah 24:1The Lord shewed me: and behold two baskets full of figs, set before the temple of the Lord: after that Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon had carried away Jechonias the son of Joakim the king of Juda, and his chief men, and the craftsmen, and engravers of Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
Ezekiel 17:12Say to the provoking house: Know you not what these things mean? Tell them: Behold the king of Babylon cometh to Jerusalem: and he shall take away the king and the princes thereof, and carry them with him to Babylon.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 37:1
This chapter brings us very near the destruction of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans, for the story of it lies in the latter end of Zedekiah's reign; we have in it, I. A general idea of the bad character of that reign, ver. 1, 2 . II. The message which Zedekiah, notwithstanding, sent to Jeremiah to desire his prayers, ver. 3 . III. The flattering hopes which the people had conceived, that the Chaldeans would quit the siege of Jerusalem, ver. 5 . IV. The assurance God gave them by Jeremiah (who was now at liberty, ver. 4… Read the whole commentary →