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Now Zedekiah the son of JosiahwhomNebuchadnezzarking of Babylon had madeking in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.
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Yet KingZedekiahsentJehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, "Pleasepray to the LORD our God on our behalf."
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Meanwhile, Pharaoh'sarmy had set out from Egypt; and when the Chaldeans who had been besieging*Jerusalemheard the report about them, they lifted the siege from Jerusalem.