Jeremiah 52:1

1 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from 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 21 years old when he began to rule, and he ruled for 11 years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

2 Zedekiah did what the LORD considered evil, as Jehoiakim had done.

3 The LORD became angry with Jerusalem and Judah and threw the people out of his sight. Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

4 On the tenth day of the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked Jerusalem with his entire army. They set up camp and built dirt ramps around the city walls.

5 The blockade of the city lasted until Zedekiah's eleventh year as king.