2 Kings 24:18
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah."
Word-by-Word Analysis
צִדְקִיָּה
Tsidqîyâh
Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
עֶשְׂרִים
ʻesrîym
twenty; also (ordinal) twentieth
אֶחָד
ʼechâd
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
בֵּן
bên
a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or ...
חָלַל
châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (...
מַלְכוּת
malkûwth
a rule; concretely, a dominion
מָלַךְ
mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
עַשְׁתֵּי
ʻashtêy
eleven or (ordinal) eleventh
שָׁנֶה
shâneh
a year (as a revolution of time)
יְרוּשָׁלַ͏ִם
Yᵉrûwshâlaim
Jerushalaim or Jerushalem, the capital city of Palestine
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
שֵׁם
shêm
an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
חֲמוּטַל
Chămûwṭal
Chamutal or Chamital, an Israelitess
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
יִרְמְיָה
Yirmᵉyâh
Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
לִבְנָה
Libnâh
Libnah, a place in the Desert and one in Palestine
Key Terms in This Verse
מָלַךְ mâlak
to reign; inceptively, to ascend the throne; causatively, to induct into royalty; hence (by implication) to take counsel
Study H4427 →חָלַל châlal
properly, to bore, i.e. (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin (as if by an 'opening wedge'); to play (the flute)
Study H2490 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →Cross References
Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
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