2 Kings 23:36

36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah

2 Kings 23:36 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 23:36

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to
reign
And therefore must be two years older than his brother Jehoahaz, who was deposed:

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and therefore must die at the
age of thirty and six:

and his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah;
which Josephus ^F12 calls Abuma; but he speaks of a village in Galilee called Ruma ^F13; but whether the same with this is not certain.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Antiqu. l. 10. c. 5. sect. 2.
F13 De Bello Jud l. 3. c. 6. sect. 21.

2 Kings 23:36 In-Context

34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the stead of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away; and he came to Egypt and died there.

35 And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh, but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold from the people of the land, from every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.

36 Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah

37 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.