In the final chapter of 2 Kings, chapter 25, we ended 24 with Zedekiah taking over as the king of Judah. He was appointed by the king of Babylon. Like all of the other kings of Judah, he did evil in the Lord's name.
But then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzsar surrounded Jerusalem with siege weapons. He kept this up for close to two years, by which time there was a great famine in the city. Somehow, the soldiers of Judah fled the city by night, all without the Babylon army knowing until they were long gone. But it didn't take long before they were captured. Zedekiah's sons were slaughtered and his eyes were put out.
Nebuchadnessar then burned the Lord's Temple and looted all of the treasures inside. He then appointed Gedaliah governor of Judah and he swore an oath to the people that no harm would come to them if they served the king of Babylon.
But the people of Judah would have nothing of it. They killed Gedaliah and then fled to Egypt.
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