Jeremiah 52:1

The Fall of Jerusalem Recounted

1 ¹Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Jeremiah 52:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign,
&c.] Whose name was Mattaniah; and who was set on the throne by the king of Babylon, in the room of his brother's son Jehoiachin, ( 2 Kings 24:17 2 Kings 24:18 ) ; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem;
so that he was thirty two years of age when he was taken and carried captive into Babylon: and his mother's name [was] Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah;
see ( 2 Kings 24:18 ) .

Jeremiah 52:1 In-Context

1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

2 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

3 For because of the anger of the LORD things came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

4 And in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem, and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it.

5 So the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

Cross References

• 1. For ver. 1-27, see 2 Kings 24:18 - 25:21