2 Chronicles 36:11-15
2 Chronicles 36:11
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:12
He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God; he did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet who spoke for the Lord.
2 Chronicles 36:13
He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.
2 Chronicles 36:14
Furthermore, all the officials of the priests and the people were very unfaithful, following all the abominations of the nations; and they defiled the house of the Lord which He had sanctified in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:15
Yet the Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them again and again by His messengers, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place;