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2 Chronicles 36:11

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Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

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Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:

KJV

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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This verse in 2 Chronicles 36

Commentary

2 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

His name, originally Mattaniah, was, according to the custom of Oriental conquerors, changed into Zedekiah. Though the son of Josiah (1Ch 3:15; 37:1), he is called the brother of Jehoiachin (2Ch 36:10), that is, according to the latitude of Hebrew style in words expressing affinity, his relative or kinsman (see 2Ki 24:18;

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This site's exposition

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old

on 2 Chronicles 36:11-13

Verse twelve names the specific failure Kings does not: Zedekiah humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord, a king with a living voice of God in his own city who would not bend to it. He had sworn loyalty to Nebuchadnezzar by God's own name, Wesley notes, so the rebellion of verse thirteen carries perjury with it, and he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart from turning unto the Lord God of Israel, the verdict Chronicles passes on the whole reign in one clause.

How the passage was read

What the Jewish commentators add

On the verses either side of this one

And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord What is the evil?
Rashi: France, 1040–1105 · Rashi on II Chronicles 36:12:1, via Sefaria, The Judaica Press complete Tanach with Rashi, translated by A. J. Rosenberg

This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.

Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 3 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.

The words behind it

11 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • בֶּן־[was] a son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֧יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242 →315 times

  • וְאַחַ֛תand one

    veachatH259 →971 times

  • שָׁנָ֖הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּZedekiah

    tzidkiyahuH6667 →63 times

  • בְמָלְכ֑וֹwhen became king he

    vemalekhoH4427 →348 times

  • וְאַחַ֤תand one [plus]

    veachatH259 →971 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵה֙ten

    ʾesrehH6240 →338 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141 →877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427 →348 times

  • בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃in Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389 →643 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

2 Kings 24:18–20Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.4 worksJeremiah 52:1Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.3 worksJeremiah 28:1In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:2 worksJeremiah 27:1At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.2 worksEcclesiastes 10:16Woe to you, O land whose king is a youth, and whose princes feast in the morning.2 works1 Chronicles 3:14Amon his son, and Josiah his son.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Jeremiah 32:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.2 worksIsaiah 3:4“I will make mere lads their leaders, and children will rule over them.”1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 27:1

    At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 27:3

      Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Jeremiah 27:19–20

      For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,

    • Jeremiah 28:1

      In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to…

    • Jeremiah 27:12

      And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!

  • Through

    Jeremiah 28:1

    In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 27:1

      At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.

    • Joshua 9:3

      But the people of Gibeon, having heard what Joshua had done to Jericho and Ai,

    • Jeremiah 37:13

      But when he reached the Gate of Benjamin, the captain of the guard, whose name was Irijah son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah, seized him and said, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans!”

    • Jeremiah 28:11

      And in the presence of all the people Hananiah proclaimed, “This is what the LORD says: ‘In this way, within two years I will break the yoke of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon off the…

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About 2 Chronicles

Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Solomon Receives the Queen of Sheba, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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