Jeremiah 52:1

"Jeremiah."

Key Reflection

In Jeremiah 52:1, we learn that Zedekiah began his reign at the age of twenty-one and ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. This information provides a temporal framework for understanding Zedekiah's role during a critical period in Israel's history, as it places his reign within the broader context of the Babylonian conquest and exile. The fact that his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah, adds a personal detail that could have significance in the complex relationships and dynamics of royal lineage and politics during this tumultuous time.

From the Scholars: Barnes' Notes

Jeremiah 52:0is an historical appendix to the Book of Jeremiah, giving details of the capture of Babylon additional to those contained inJeremiah 39:0: 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 NebuchadnezzarJeremiah 52:28-30, for the narrative given in2 Kings 25:22-

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