Jeremiah 52:1

A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother [is] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

2and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah, according to all that Jehoiakim hath done,

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Cross References

Joshua 10:29And Joshua passeth over, and all Israel with him, from Makkedah [to] Libnah, and fighteth with Libnah;

2 Kings 8:22and Edom revolteth from under the hand of Judah till this day; then doth Libnah revolt at that time.

2 Kings 25:1And it cometh to pass, in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth of the month, come hath Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, he and all his force, against Jerusalem, and encampeth against it, and buildeth against it a fortification round about.

Jeremiah 39:1In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, come hath Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his force unto Jerusalem, and they lay siege against 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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