KJV King James Version
And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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Jeremiah 52:2
And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
WEB World English Bible
He did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
ASV American Standard Version
And he did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim hath done,
Surrounding context — Jeremiah 52
1 Zedekiah [was] one and twenty 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.
2 And he did [that which was] evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3 For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
4 And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth [day] of the month, [that] Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came, he and all his army, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it, and built forts against it round about.
5 So the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah.
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1 Kings 14:22And Judah did evil in the sight of the LORD, and they provoked him to jealousy with their sins which they had committed, above all that their fathers had done.Jeremiah 26:21-23And when Jehoiakim the king, with all his mighty men, and all the princes, heard his words, the king sought to put him to death: but when Urijah heard it, he was afraid, and fled, and went into Egypt;Ezekiel 17:16-20[As] I live, saith the Lord GOD, surely in the place [where] the king [dwelleth] that made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he brake, [even] with him in the midst of Babylon he shall die.Jeremiah 36:29-31And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?Jeremiah 36:21-23So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.Ezekiel 21:25And thou, profane wicked prince of Israel, whose day is come, when iniquity [shall have] an end,2 Kings 24:19-20And he did [that which was] evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.2 Chronicles 36:12-13And 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.
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