2 Kings 24:18-20

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. 24:19 He did evil in the sight of ⁴  the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done. ⁵ 

24:20 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger; he finally threw them out of his presence. ⁶  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

Jeremiah 52:1-3

The Fall of Jerusalem

52:1 ⁷ Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem ⁸  for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal ⁹  daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. 52:2 He did what displeased the Lord ¹⁰  just as Jehoiakim had done.

52:3 What follows is a record of what happened to Jerusalem and Judah because of the Lord’s anger when he drove them out of his sight. ¹¹  Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

[24:18]  ¹ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[24:18]  ² tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

[24:18]  ³ tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”

[24:19]  ⁴ tn Heb “in the eyes of.”

[24:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “according to all which Jehoiakim had done.”

[24:20]  ⁶ tn Heb “Surely [or, ‘for’] because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he threw them out from upon his face.”

[52:1]  ⁷ 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.

[52:1]  ⁸ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[52:1]  ⁹ tn Some textual witnesses support the Kethib (consonantal text) in reading “Hamital.”

[52:2]  ¹⁰ tn Heb “what was evil in the eyes of the Lord.”

[52:3]  ¹¹ tn Heb “Surely (or “for”) because of the anger of the Lord this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he drove them out from upon his face.” For the phrase “drive out of his sight,” see 7:15.