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Jeremiah 52:1

in Jeremiah 52

Zedekiah 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV

ASV

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

KJV

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

This verse in Jeremiah 52

Commentary

6 notes on this verse
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign,.... 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, 2Ki 24:17; 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 2Ki 24:18.

This site's exposition

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old

on Jeremiah 52:1-3

The chapter's opening formula, his age, his mother's name, the length of his reign, matches 2 Kings 24:18-20 almost word for word, a later hand appending the same royal record Kings already gives after 51:64 has already signed the book off, thus far are the words of Jeremiah. Hamutal's father is named Jeremiah of Libnah, a different man from the prophet, which the commentators flag so the two are never confused. Zedekiah's rebellion against Babylon (v3) is the very move chapters 27 to 29 warned against, the lying prophets' promise of a quick end to the yoke acted out to its finish.

The record, by era

The Reformation1 voice

A commentator

John Calvin

1509–1564

Commentaries (1554)

proposed

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

quarantine:scripture (2026-07-29) — verbatim-scripture

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

But that evil deed of his which did in a special manner hasten this destruction was his rebelling against the king of Babylon, which was both his sin and his folly, and brought ruin upon his people, not only meritoriously, but efficiently. God was greatly displeased with him for his perfidious dealing with the king of Babylon (as we find, Ezek. xvii.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Jer. 52 is an historical appendix to the Book of Jeremiah, giving details of the capture of Babylon additional to those contained in Jer. 39: The last words of the foregoing chapter affirm that Jeremiah was not the author, and the view adopted by most commentators is, that this chapter is taken from the 2nd Book of Kings, but that the person who added it here had access to other valuable documents, and made several modifications in it, the principal being the substituation of the account of those led captive by Nebuchadnezzar Jer 52:28-30, for the narrative given in 2Ki 25:22-26, where see the notes.

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old - See 2Ki 24:18.

The words behind it

17 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-H11214930 times

  • עֶשְׂרִ֨יםtwenty

    ʾesrimH6242315 times

  • וְאַחַ֤תand one

    veachatH259971 times

  • שָׁנָה֙year[s]

    shanahH8141877 times

  • צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּZedekiah

    tzidkiyahuH666763 times

  • בְמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he

    vemalekhoH4427348 times

  • וְאַחַ֤תand one [plus]

    veachatH259971 times

  • עֶשְׂרֵה֙ten

    ʾesrehH6240338 times

  • שָׁנָ֔הyear[s]

    shanahH8141877 times

  • מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned

    malakhH4427348 times

  • בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem

    birushalimH3389643 times

  • וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of

    veshemH8034864 times

  • אִמּ֔וֹmother his

    ʾimoH517220 times

  • חֲמוּטַ֥ל[was] Hamutal

    chamitalH2537

  • בַּֽת־[the] daughter of

    bat-H1323588 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֖הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414147 times

  • מִלִּבְנָֽה׃from Libnah

    milivnahH3841

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

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

    2 Kings 8:22

    So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

    it leads to

    • Joshua 21:13

      So to the descendants of Aaron the priest they gave these cities, together with their pasturelands: Hebron, a city of refuge for the manslayer, Libnah,

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • 2 Kings 19:8

      When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.

    • Genesis 27:40

      You shall live by the sword and serve your brother. But when you rebel, you will tear his yoke from your neck.”

  • Through

    2 Kings 24:18

    Zedekiah 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.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:31

      Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

    • Jeremiah 52:1–11

      Zedekiah 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.

  • Through

    Joshua 10:29

    Then Joshua and all Israel with him moved on from Makkedah to Libnah and fought against Libnah.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 8:22

      So to this day Edom has been in rebellion against the hand of Judah. Likewise, Libnah rebelled at the same time.

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Joshua 15:42

      Libnah, Ether, Ashan,

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 36:11

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

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 24:18–20

      Zedekiah 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentaries; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.