19And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. …
And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity shall have an end,
And as the evil figs, which cannot be eaten, they are so evil; surely thus saith the LORD, So will I give Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the residue of Jerusalem, that remain in this land, and them that dwell in the land of Egypt:
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 8-20)This should have been the history of king Jehoiachin’s reign , but, alas! it is only the history of king Jehoiachin’s captivity , as it is called, Ezek. 1:2. He came to the crown, not to have the honour of wearing it, but the shame of losing it. Ideo tantum venerat, ut exiret—He came in only to go out . I. His reign was short and inconsiderable. He reigned but three months, and then was removed an…
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