Then the kingof Babylonmadehis uncleMattaniahkingin his place,and changedhis nameto Zedekiah.
PharaohNecomadeEliakimthe sonof Josiahkingin the placeof Josiahhis father,and changedhis nameto Jehoiakim.But he tookJehoahazaway and brought[him] to Egypt,and he diedthere.
The kingof EgyptmadeEliakimhis brotherkingoverJudahand Jerusalem,and changedhis nameto Jehoiakim.But NecotookJoahazhis brotherand broughthim to Egypt.
It camealso in the daysof Jehoiakimthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,untilthe endof the eleventhyearof Zedekiahthe sonof Josiah,kingof Judah,untilthe exileof Jerusalemin the fifthmonth.
The wordwhichcameto Jeremiahfrom the LORDwhen KingZedekiahsentto him Pashhurthe sonof Malchijah,and Zephaniahthe priest,the sonof Maaseiah,saying,
Now Zedekiahthe sonof JosiahwhomNebuchadnezzarkingof Babylonhad madekingin the landof Judah,reignedas kingin placeof Coniahthe sonof Jehoiakim.
That whichcameas the wordof the LORDto Jeremiahthe prophetconcerningElam,at the beginningof the reignof Zedekiahkingof Judah,saying:
Zedekiahwas twenty-oneyearsoldwhen he becameking,and he reignedelevenyearsin Jerusalem;and his mother'snamewas Hamutalthe daughterof Jeremiahof Libnah.
He tookone of the royalfamilyand madea covenantwith him, puttinghim under oath.He also tookaway the mightyof the land,
As I live,'declaresthe LordGOD,'Surelyin the countryof the kingwho puthim on the throne,whoseoathhe despisedand whosecovenanthe broke,in Babylonhe shall die.
"The Babylonianscameto her to the bedof loveand defiledher with their harlotry.And when she had beendefiledby them, she becamedisgustedwith them.
Then the commanderof the officialsassigned[new] namesto them; and to Danielhe assigned[the name] Belteshazzar,to HananiahShadrach,to MishaelMeshachand to AzariahAbed-nego.
