Read chapter 24
Seems strange that there's still a king of Judah even when the Israelites are in captivity under Babylon. We read that all the strong, valiant men were taken into captivity as well and only the poorest of the land remained. Nebuchadnezzar appointed the next king of Judah after Jehoachin was taken into captivity. Mattaniah (Zedekiah) who was a son of Josiah and uncle to Joehachin was picked by Nebu to reign over those poor people still in the land, possibly as a show of maintaining the monarchy. "The custom of conquerors, who changed the names of the great men they took captives in war, in token of their supremacy," Nebu gave him the new name of Zedekiah. Zedekiah was the last of the kings of Judah and his end is captivity after about eleven years. All this was under the kingdom of Babylon and Zedekiah, although king as well over a smaller region, was in submission to Nebu. It's kind of like every supervisor has a supervisor. How do supervise differently because of how you're supervised?
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