2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

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Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Zedekiah	צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ tzid.ki.Ya.hu	H6667	Tsidkijah · proper noun, a man's name
one	וְאַחַ֛ת ve.'a.Chat	H259	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
twenty	עֶשְׂרִ֧ים 'es.Rim	H6242	twenty · noun, common masculine plural absolute
years	שָׁנָ֖ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
old	בֶּן ben-	H1121	a son (as a builder of the family name) · noun, common masculine singular construct
reign	בְמָלְכ֑וֹ ve.ma.le.Kho	H4427	to reign · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
reigned	מָלַ֖ךְ ma.Lakh	H4427	to reign · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
eleven	וְאַחַ֤ת ve.'a.Chat	H259	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular construct
years	שָׁנָ֔ה sha.Nah	H8141	a year (as a revolution of time) · noun, common feminine singular absolute
Jerusalem	בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם bi.ru.sha.Lim	H3389	Jerushalaim or Jerushalem · preposition + proper noun, a place name

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2 Kings 24:18-20 Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, t…
Jeremiah 27:1 In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
Jeremiah 28:1 And it came to pass the same year, in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the fourth year, and in the fifth month, that…
Jeremiah 52:1-3 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 th…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

We have here an account of the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. Abraham, God's friend, was called out of that country, from Ur of the Chaldees, when God took him into covenant and communion with himself; and now his degenerate seed were carried into that country again, to signify that they had forfeited all that kindness wherewith they had been regarded for the father's sake, and the benefit of that covenant into which he was called; all was now undone again. Here we have, I. The sins that brought this desolation. 1. Zedekiah, the king in whose days it came, brought it upon himself by his own folly; for he conducted himself very ill both towards…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 36:11

ZEDEKIAH'S REIGN. (Ch2 36:11-21) Zedekiah--Nebuchadnezzar appointed him. His name, originally Mattaniah, was, according to the custom of Oriental conquerors, changed into Zedekiah. Though the son of Josiah (Ch1 3:15; Jer 1:2-3; Jer 37:1), he is called the brother of Jehoiachin (Ch2 36:10), that is, according to the latitude of Hebrew style in words expressing affinity, his relative or kinsman (see Kg2 24:18; 2Ki. 25:1-21).

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 36:10

Made Zedekiah - king - His name was at first Mattaniah, but the king of Babylon changed it to Zedekiah. See Kg2 24:17 (note), and the notes there.

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:1

Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah,.... Of whose reign, and of the three following, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah, and the account of them, from hence to the end of 2 Chronicles 36:13, what needs explanation or reconciliation; see Gill on 2 Kings 23:31, 2 Kings 23:32, 2 Kings 23:33, 2 Kings 23:34, 2 Kings 23:35, 2 Kings 23:36, 2 Kings 23:37, 2 Kings 24:5, 2 Kings 24:6, 2 Kings 24:8, 2 Kings 24:10, 2 Kings 24:17, 2 Kings 24:18

Keil & Delitzsch

Dictionary and topics

Captivity — (1.) Of Israel. The kingdom of the ten tribes was successively invaded by several Assyrian kings. Pul (q.v.) imposed a tribute on Menahem of a thousand talents of silver (2 Kings 15:19, 20; 1 Chr.…
Jerusalem — Called also Salem, Ariel, Jebus, the “city of God,” the “holy city;” by the modern Arabs el-Khuds, meaning “the holy;” once “the city of Judah” (2 Chr. 25:28). This name is in the original in the…
Assyria · Jews — Jews
Death Of The Wicked, The · Sometimes without fear — Sometimes without fear
Kings · Who reigned over Judah: Zedekiah — Who reigned over Judah: Zedekiah
Nebuchadnezzar · .Of — .Of

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2 Chronicles 36:11

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Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 36:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 36:10

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:1

Keil & Delitzsch

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2 Chronicles 36:11

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on 2 Chronicles 36:11-21

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 2 Chronicles 36:11

Adam Clarke on 2 Chronicles 36:10

John Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:1

Keil & Delitzsch

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Tyndale Open Study Notes on 2 Chronicles 36:11-14

Rashi on 2 Chronicles 36:10