36:11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. 3
37:1 Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah 4 son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 5
52:1 6 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem 7 for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal 8 daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
1 tn Heb “sent and brought him.”
2 tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”).
3 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
4 tn Heb “Coniah.” For explanation of the rendering here see the translator’s note on 22:4.
5 tn Heb “And Zedekiah son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah ruled as king instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.” The sentence has been restructured and simplified to better conform to contemporary English style.
6 sn This final chapter does not mention Jeremiah, but its description of the downfall of Jerusalem and exile of the people validates the prophet’s ministry.
7 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
8 tn Some textual witnesses support the Kethib (consonantal text) in reading “Hamital.”