2 Kings 24:19

He did that which was evil] cp. Jeremiah 37:2. Zedekiah seems to have been weak but not unmerciful, and he was unable to cope with the princes who were his advisers: cp. Jeremiah 38:4; Jeremiah 38:5. When the latter put Jeremiah in prison on a charge of deserting to the enemy, Zedekiah delivered him (Jeremiah 39:11); and on a second occasion, when he was flung into a foul dungeon, he was once more rescued with the king's consent (Jeremiah 38:6.).