Ezekiel 19:5

Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion.

Cross-reference

Ezekiel 19:3 introduced the first whelp; verse 5 refers back, showing the mother raised another after losing that one.

2 Kings 23:34–37 Historical context

2 Kings 23:34-37 recounts Pharaoh Neco making Jehoiakim king after Jehoahaz was taken, fulfilling the allegory of a new cub.

2 Kings 23:37 Historical context

2 Kings 23:37 notes Jehoiakim did evil, adding moral assessment to the new lion introduced in Ezekiel.