2 Kings 24:15-19
2 Kings 24:15
So he led Jehoiachin into exile to Babylon; also the king’s mother, the king’s wives, and his officials and the leading men of the land, he led into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon.
2 Kings 24:16
And all the valiant men, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, a thousand, all strong and fit for war, these too the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon. Zedekiah Made King
2 Kings 24:17
Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
2 Kings 24:18
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
2 Kings 24:19
He did evil in the sight of the Lord, in accordance with everything that Jehoiakim had done.