Jeremiah 52:1 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 52:1

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.

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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.

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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.

The record, by era

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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.

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Original language & word study

17 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
בֶּן־	ben-	[was] a son of	H1121 →
עֶשְׂרִ֨ים	'es.Rim	twenty	H6242 →
וְאַחַ֤ת	ve.'a.Chat	and one	H259 →
שָׁנָה֙	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ	tzid.ki.Ya.hu	Zedekiah	H6667 →
בְמָלְכ֔וֹ	ve.ma.le.Kho	when became king he	H4427 →
וְאַחַ֤ת	ve.'a.Chat	and one [plus]	H259 →
עֶשְׂרֵה֙	'es.Reh	ten	H6240 →
שָׁנָ֔ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
מָלַ֖ךְ	ma.Lakh	he reigned	H4427 →
בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם	bi.ru.sha.Lim	in Jerusalem	H3389 →
וְשֵׁ֣ם	ve.Shem	and [the] name of	H8034 →
אִמּ֔וֹ	'i.Mo	mother his	H517 →
חֲמוּטַ֥ל	cha.mi.tal	[was] Hamutal	H2537 →
בַּֽת־	bat-	[the] daughter of	H1323 →
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ	yir.me.Ya.hu	Jeremiah	H3414 →
מִלִּבְנָֽה׃	mi.liv.Nah	from Libnah	H3841 →

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

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.
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 independent 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.
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.
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 independent 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.
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.

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06About Jeremiah

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

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The walk

Related verses

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About Jeremiah