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Jeremiah 37:1

וַיִּ֨מְלָךְ
mâlak
and — to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
מֶ֔לֶךְ
melek
a king
צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ
Tsidqîyâh
Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
בֶּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
יֹֽאשִׁיָּ֑הוּ
Yôʼshîyâh
Joshijah, the name of two Israelites
תַּ֗חַת
tachath
the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
כָּנְיָ֨הוּ֙
Konyâhûw
Conjah, an Israelite king
בֶּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.)
יְה֣וֹיָקִ֔ים
Yᵉhôwyâqîym
Jehojakim, a Jewish king
אֲשֶׁ֥ר
ʼăsher
who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.
הִמְלִ֛יךְ
mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
נְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּ֥ר
Nᵉbûwkadneʼtstsar
Nebukadnetstsar (or -retstsar, or -retstsor), king of Babylon
מֶֽלֶךְ
melek
a king
בָּבֶ֖ל
Bâbel
Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empire
בְּאֶ֥רֶץ
ʼerets
in/with/by — the earth (at large, or partitively a land)
יְהוּדָֽה
Yᵉhûwdâh
Jehudah (or Judah), the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory
Jeremiah 37:1 · Masoretic Text (WLC)
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Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah the son of Josiah king in the land of Judah so he reigned as king instead of Coniah (also called Jeconiah and Jehoiachin) the son of Jehoiakim.
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This chapter opens the book's final narrative stretch, moving from Jehoiakim's reign into Zedekiah's own final years leading up to Jerusalem's actual fall.

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Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah the son of Josiah king in the land of Judah so he reigned as king instead of Coniah (also called Jeconiah and Jehoiachin) the son of Jehoiakim.
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