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Jehoiakim and Zedekiah
How Jehoiakim and Zedekiah are linked in Scripture, with every passage where their stories cross.
How they are linked
Jehoiakim and Zedekiah were siblings.
Jehoiakim and Zedekiah were both sons of Josiah, and both reigned over Judah. Kings says Zedekiah did evil "according to all that Jehoiakim had done".
the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah
1 Chronicles 3:15, King James Version
according to all that Jehoiakim had done
2 Kings 24:19, King James Version
Where they cross: 1 Chronicles 3:15
Notes are commentary, checked against the cited verses in a separate review. Quoted words are Scripture.
Every passage, in order
2 Kings 24:19
19And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
1 Chronicles 3:15
15And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
King James Version