And they killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with bronze chains and carried him to Babylon.

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his place. And he changed his name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

For it was through the anger of Jehovah that Zedekiah happened to rebel against the king of Babylon in Jerusalem and in Judah, until God had put them out of His presence.

And the city was besieged until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah,

even look for the best and fittest of your master's sons, and set him on his father's throne, and fight for your master's house.