2 Kings 24:17-18

24:17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s ¹  uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.

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. ²  His mother ³  was Hamutal, ⁴  the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

[24:17]  ¹ tn Heb “his.”

[24:18]  ² map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:18]  ³ tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[24:18]  ⁴ tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”