THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH, the last KING OF JUDAH (2 Kings 24:17 to 2 Kings 25:7; comp. 2 Chronicles 36:11 seq.; Jeremiah 52).

This section and the parallel in Jeremiah appear to have been derived from the same historical work. The text of Jeremiah is generally, though not always, the best.
(19) And he did that which was evil... — The evidence of the prophet Jeremiah should be compared with this statement. (See especially Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 37:1; Jeremiah 38:5, and Comp. Note on 2 Chronicles 36:13.) The contemporary state of religion is vividly reflected in the pages of Ezekiel (2Kings viii — 11); who, moreover, denounces Zedekiah’s breach of faith with the king of Babylon (Ezekiel 17:11).

According to all that Jehoiakim ... — He is not compared with Jehoiachin, who only reigned three months.

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