Ezekiel 17:13
13. the king's seed—Zedekiah, Jeconiah's uncle.
taken . . . oath of him—swearing fealty as a vassal to Nebuchadnezzar (2Ch 36:13). also taken the mighty—as hostages for the fulfilment of the covenant; whom, therefore, Zedekiah exposed to death by his treason.
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