2 Kings 24:18-20

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah

18 ¹Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was ²Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

19 And he did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, ³according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

20 For because of the anger of the LORD it came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his presence. ⁴And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

2 Kings 24:18-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 24

This chapter relates the rebellion of Jehoiakim against the king of Babylon, which prepared the way for the ruin of the kingdom of Judah, according to the decree of God, and also the death of Jehoiakim, and the conquest the king of Babylon made of part of the land of the king of Egypt, 2Ki 24:1-7 and the short and wicked reign of Jehoiachin his son, when he and the royal family, with great numbers of the inhabitants of the land, were carried captive to Babylon, 2Ki 24:8-16, and his uncle was made king in his room, 2Ki 24:17-20.

Cross References

• 1. For ch. 24:18 - 25:21, see Jeremiah 52:1-7
• 2. 2 Kings 23:31
• 3. 2 Kings 23:37
• 4. [Ezekiel 17:18]