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Jeremiah 52:1

Jeremiah 52:1
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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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

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, Kg2…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 52:1-11

This narrative begins no higher than the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, though there were two captivities before, one in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the other in the first of Jeconiah; but…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jer 52:1-11. Capture of the city

1. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old So 2Ch 36:11, but, if we compare 1Ch 3:15 and 2Ki 23:31 (2Ch 36:2), we find that, supposing the numbers which we now read…

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