Zedekiah Reigns in Judah^(A)

¹⁷ Then ^(B)the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, ^(C)Jehoiachin’s^[a] uncle, king in his place, and ^(D)changed his name to Zedekiah.

¹⁵ The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, the second ^[a]Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth ^[b]Shallum.

¹⁰ At the turn of the year ^(A)King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, ^(B)with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made ^(C)Zedekiah,^{[a] [b]}Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Message to Coniah

²⁴ “As I live,” says the Lord, ^(A)“though ^[a]Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, ^(B)were the ^[b]signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off;