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Jeremiah 52:2

Jehoiakim
Sin

1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

3 For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.

4 So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

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BSB
And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
KJV
And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
WEB
He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
ASV
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
DARBY
And he did evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
BLB
And He did the evil in the eyes of YHWH, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
ÅB
Han gjorde hva ondt var i Herrens øyne, aldeles som Jojakim hadde gjort.
OTB
Han gjorde det som var ondt i Herrens øyne, lik alt det Jojakim hadde gjort.
B1930
Han gjorde hvad ondt var i Herrens øine, aldeles som Jojakim hadde gjort.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • 1 Kings 14:22

    And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and by the sins they committed they provoked Him to jealous anger more than all their fathers had done.

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  • Ezekiel 21:25

    And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’

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  • Ezekiel 17:16–20

    ‘As surely as I live,’ declares the Lord GOD, ‘he will die in Babylon, in the land of the king who enthroned him, whose oath he despised and whose covenant he broke.

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  • Jeremiah 36:29–31

    You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’

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  • Jeremiah 26:21–23

    King Jehoiakim and all his mighty men and officials heard his words, and the king sought to put him to death. But when Uriah found out about it, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.

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  • 2 Kings 24:19–20

    And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.

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  • Jeremiah 36:21–23

    Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

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  • 2 Chronicles 36:12–13

    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

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