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Jeremiah 52:1 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 52 · verse 1
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.Jeremiah 52:1 · King James Version
Jeremiah 52:1 in context
1Zedekiah 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.
2And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
3For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- JerusalemYᵉrûwshâlaimJerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of PalestineH3389 →
- ZedekiahTsidqîyâhTsidkijah, the name of six IsraelitesH6667 →
- mother'sʼêma motherH517 →
- twentyʻesrîymtwentyH6242 →
- elevenʼechâdproperly, unitedH259 →
- elevenʻâsârtenH6240 →
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This narrative begins no higher than the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, though there were two captivities before, one in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the other in the first of Jeconiah;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-11