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Reign of Zedekiah. 18 [a]Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.(A)

19 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done.

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  1. 24:18–25:30 Much of this material closely parallels Jer 52; some of the events are also recounted in Jer 39.

IX. Historical Appendix[a]

Chapter 52

Capture of Jerusalem. Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.(A) His mother’s name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.

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Footnotes

  1. 52:1–34 One of the editors of the Book of Jeremiah took most of this supplement from 2 Kgs 24:18–25:30 and placed it here to show the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecies. The supplement repeats part of the history given in Jeremiah 39–41, but omits the history of Gedaliah in 2 Kgs 25:22–26.