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2 Chronicles 36:11
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Nebuchadnezzar installs Zedekiah as king over Judah and Jerusalem in the spring, immediately after deporting Jehoiachin and the temple valuables to Babylon.
The words — עֶשְׂרִים (esrim) means twenty, and שָׁנָה (shanah) means year, anchoring the verse in the exact measurement of Zedekiah’s age and reign length.
The thread — This chronological record runs parallel to 2 Kings 24:18 and frames the prophetic messages in Jeremiah 27:1 and Jeremiah 28:1.
Why it lands — The verse states a fixed historical baseline for Zedekiah’s rule before the text records his refusal to humble himself before God’s prophet. It requires the reader to measure the duration of his authority against the coming judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Cross-references
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
- 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.