Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
Parallel translations
- WEB Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign. He reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- KJV Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- BSB Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
- NKJV Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- NLT Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
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Quick answer
This historical appendix introduces Zedekiah, Judah's last king, who began reigning at twenty-one and ruled eleven years in Jerusalem. It sets the stage for the city's fall.
Overview
Jeremiah 52 is a closing historical narrative, paralleling 2 Kings 24-25, that records the disaster Jeremiah long prophesied. Naming Zedekiah and his Judean mother grounds the account in real history and confirms the reliability of God's word through His prophet. The chapter shows that judgment came exactly as foretold, even as it quietly preserves a thread of hope to be revealed at its close.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- Josh 10:29Joshua passed from Makkedah, and all Israel with him, to Libnah, and fought against Libnah.
- 2 Kgs 24:18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- 2 Chr 36:11Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
- Josh 15:42Libnah, Ether, Ashan,
- 2 Kgs 8:22So Edom revolted from under the hand of Judah to this day. Then Libnah revolted at the same time.
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