Jehoiachin, who became king in his father’s place, was taken captive to Babylon along with a partial deportation of his people and Zedekiah reigned as their king. Again Egypt became their snare. A revival of the Egyptian power had taken place under a new Pharaoh. The Jews who remained in the country under King Zedekiah turned against their Babylonian master and tried to strengthen themselves by making an alliance with Egypt, against the advice of Jeremiah who had remained with Zedekiah in Judah.