Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was twenty-one when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah. She came from Libnah.

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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.

In Context

2He did evil in the Lord's sight, just as Jehoiakim had done.

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Cross References

Joshua 10:29Then Joshua and the Israelite army left Makkedah and went to attack Libnah,

2 Kings 8:22As a result Edom has been in rebellion against Judah's rule to this day. At the same time Libnah also decided to rebel.

2 Kings 25:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. He set up camp around the city and built siege ramps against the walls.

Jeremiah 39:1In the tenth month of the ninth year of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and his whole army arrived at Jerusalem and besieged it.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 52:1

History is the best expositor of prophecy; and therefore, for the better understanding of the prophecies of this book which relate to the destruction of Jerusalem and the kingdom of Judah, we are here furnished with an account of that sad event. It is much he same with the history we had 2 Kings xxiv. and xxv. , and many of the particulars we had before in that book, but the matter is here repeated and put together, to give light to the book of the Lamentations, which follows next, and to serve as a key to it.… Read the whole commentary →

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