KJV ORIGINAL
And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
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✦ MADE SIMPLE
And he did what was evil in the LORD's eyes, just like everything Jehoiakim had done.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse says that this king followed the same evil path as King Jehoiakim before him, doing things that God saw as wrong.
📚 Historical Context
This refers to King Zedekiah, the last king of Judah before the Babylonian exile. Jehoiakim was his predecessor who had rebelled against God and led the nation into idolatry and injustice. Zedekiah continued these same destructive patterns, ultimately leading to Jerusalem's destruction in 586 BC.
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