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The Fall of Jerusalem

52 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king. He ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord, just like everything that Jehoiakim had done. All this took place in Jerusalem and Judah because of the anger of the Lord, until he cast them out of his presence.

Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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