Jeremiah 37:1
And Zedekiah son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, made king, in the land of Judah.
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2 Kings 24:17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his relative, king in his stead,—and changed his name to Zedekiah.
2 Chronicles 36:9Eight years old, was Jehoiachin when he began to reign, and, three months and ten days, reigned he in Jerusalem, and he did the thing that was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh;
Jeremiah 22:24As I live, Declareth Yahweh,—Even though Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet-ring upon my right hand, yet, from thence, would I pull thee off;
Jeremiah 24:1Yahweh shewed me, and lo! two baskets of figs, which had been set before the temple of Yahweh,—after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive, Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the princes of Judah and the carpenters and the smiths out of Jerusalem, and had brought them into Babylon:—
Ezekiel 17:12Say, I pray thee unto the perverse house, Know ye not what these things are? Say thou Lo! the King of Babylon entered Jerusalem And took her king and her princes, And brought them unto him in 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 →