2 Kings 24:18

Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah

24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. ¹  His mother ²  was Hamutal, ³  the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiakim’s Reign over Judah

23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. ⁴  His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.

2 Kings 18:14

18:14 King Hezekiah of Judah sent this message to the king of Assyria, who was at Lachish, “I have violated our treaty. ⁵  If you leave, I will do whatever you demand.” ⁶  So the king of Assyria demanded that King Hezekiah of Judah pay three hundred talents ⁷  of silver and thirty talents of gold.

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² tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

³ tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”

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⁷ tn Or “I have done wrong.”

⁸ tn Heb “Return from upon me; what you place upon me, I will carry.”

⁹ tn The Hebrew term כִּכָּר (kikkar, “circle”) refers generally to something that is round. When used of metals it can refer to a disk-shaped weight made of the metal or to a standard unit of weight, generally regarded as a talent. Since the accepted weight for a talent of metal is about 75 pounds, this would have amounted to about 22,500 pounds of silver and 2,250 pounds of gold.