1
The years passed in Bavel.
2
Tzidqiyahu lived under the shadow of his ruined kingdom.
3
He remembered the words spoken to him in secret and understood too late that fear of men had ruled him.
4
After forty years of captivity according to this tradition, Tzidqiyahu died.
5
The people mourned not only the king but the end of the order that had collapsed through disobedience.