16. The king of Babylon also took all seven thousand soldiers, who were strong and able to fight in war, and about a thousand craftsmen and metal workers. Nebuchadnezzar took them as prisoners to Babylon.
17. Then he made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He also changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.
18. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
19. Zedekiah did what the Lord said was wrong, just as Jehoiakim had done.
20. All this happened in Jerusalem and Judah because the Lord was angry with them. Finally, he threw them out of his presence.Zedekiah turned against the king of Babylon.