And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that Joakim had done.

and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah according to all that Jehoiakim did,

And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.

He did that which was evil - The character of Zedekiah seems to have been weak rather than wicked. Consult Jeremiah. 34; 37: His chief recorded sins were:
(1) his refusal to be guided in his political conduct by Jeremiah's counsels, while nevertheless he admitted him to be a true Yahweh-prophet; and
(2) his infraction of the allegiance which he had sworn to Nebuchadnezzar.

He did - evil - How astonishing is this! not one of them takes warning by the judgments of God, which fell on their sinful predecessors.