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Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah

18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother[a] was Hamutal,[b] the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. 19 He did evil in the sight of[c] the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:18 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
  2. 2 Kings 24:18 tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”
  3. 2 Kings 24:19 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
  4. 2 Kings 24:19 tn Heb “according to all which Jehoiakim had done.”

Zedekiah rules Judah

18 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal; she was Jeremiah’s daughter and was from Libnah. 19 He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes, just as Jehoiakim had done.

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