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Although King Nebuchadnezzar had forced Zedekiah to swear in the Lord's name that he would be loyal to him, Zedekiah broke his oath and rebelled against him. He stubbornly refused to obey the commands of the Lord, the God of Israel. 1
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Then he made Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was then twenty-one years old, and he ruled for eleven years.
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He sinned against the Lord and refused to listen to the prophet Jeremiah, who spoke the word of the Lord.
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Although King Nebuchadnezzar had forced Zedekiah to swear in the Lord's name that he would be loyal to him, Zedekiah broke his oath and rebelled against him. He stubbornly refused to obey the commands of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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In addition, the leaders of the people and even the chief priests did more godless and lawless things than all the corrupt heathen; they defiled the Temple of the Lord, which he had made holy.
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The God of their ancestors had continued to send prophets to call them back from their sins, because he wanted to spare them and the Temple.