¹⁷ Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took him out: and the king asked him secretly in his house, and said, Is there any word from the LORD? And Jeremiah said, There is: for, said he, thou shalt be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.

⁶ So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.