Prophecies Concerning Israel: Zedekiah is Made King by Nebuchadnezzar

Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah. …

So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. …