1. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
2. But Zedekiah did what was evil in the lord’s sight, just as Jehoiakim had done.
3. These things happened because of the lord’s anger against the people of Jerusalem and Judah, until he finally banished them from his presence and sent them into exile.Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4. So on January 15, during the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon led his entire army against Jerusalem. They surrounded the city and built siege ramps against its walls.