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Jehoiachin his son became king in his stead; when he was made king he was eighteen years old,
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and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord.
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So after a year Nebuchadnezzar sent and removed him to Babylon, with the holy vessels of the Lord,
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and made Zedekiah king of Judea and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old, and he reigned eleven years.
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He also did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did not heed the words that were spoken by Jeremiah the prophet from the mouth of the Lord.
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