Jeremiah 52:1
Twenty-one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign, and eleven years, reigned he, in Jerusalem,—and, his mother’s name, was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
2And he did that which was wicked in the eyes of Yahweh,—according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
Cross References
Joshua 10:29And Joshua passed over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah unto Libnah,—and fought against Libnah;
2 Kings 8:22Yet did Edom revolt from under the hand of Judah, unto this day,—then, revolted Libnah, at the same time.
2 Kings 25:1And it came to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came—he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encamped against it,—and they built against it a siege wall, round about.
Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his force against Jerusalem, and they 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 →