<t /><p class="bodytext">Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.<n id="1" /> His mother<n id="2" /> was Hamutal,<n id="3" /> the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

<p class="bodytext">What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the <sc>Lordsc>&#8217;s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence.<n id="1" /> Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Perhaps you will tell me, &#8216;We are trusting in the <sc>Lordsc> our God.&#8217; But Hezekiah is the one who eliminated his high places and altars and then told the people of Judah and Jerusalem, &#8216;You must worship at this altar in Jerusalem.&#8217;

<p class="bodytext">So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Acbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shullam son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, the supervisor of the wardrobe.<n id="1" /> (She lived in Jerusalem in the Mishneh<n id="2" /> district.) They stated their business,<n id="3" />