The Meaning of Jeremiah 52:1 Explained

Jeremiah 52:1

KJV: 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.

YLT: A son of twenty and one years is Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

Darby: Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Hamutal, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

ASV: 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.

What is the context of Jeremiah 52:1?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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. 

What does Jeremiah 52:1 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Zedekiah (Mattaniah, 2 Kings 24:17) was the last king of the Davidic dynasty to rule over Judah from Jerusalem. He was21years old when he began reigning in597 B.C. Nebuchadnezzar selected him to rule after Zedekiah"s nephew Jehoiachin proved unfaithful ( 2 Kings 24:17). Zedekiah ruled as Nebuchadnezzar"s vassal for11years, until the destruction of Jerusalem in586 B.C. His mother, the queen mother, was Hamutal, the daughter of a certain Jeremiah of Libnah. "Queen mothers" exercised considerable authority, and enjoyed great prestige in ancient Near Eastern countries, which accounts for Hamutal"s mention here (cf. Jeremiah 13:18).

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 52

1  Zedekiah rebels
4  Jerusalem is besieged and taken
8  Zedekiah's sons killed, and his own eyes put out,
12  Nebuzaradan burns and spoils the city
24  He carries away the captives
28  The number of Jews carried captive
31  Evil-Merodach advances Jehoiachin

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 52:1 mean?

Old twenty and one years Zedekiah [was] when he became king [and] ten years he reigned in Jerusalem And name [was] of His mother Hamutal Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah
בֶּן־ עֶשְׂרִ֨ים וְאַחַ֤ת שָׁנָה֙ צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בְמָלְכ֔וֹ עֶשְׂרֵה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְשֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔וֹ [חמיטל] (חֲמוּטַ֥ל) בַּֽת־ יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ מִלִּבְנָֽה

בֶּן־  Old 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: בֵּן 
Sense: son, grandson, child, member of a group.
עֶשְׂרִ֨ים  twenty 
Parse: Number, common plural
Root: עֶשְׂרִים  
Sense: twenty, twentieth.
וְאַחַ֤ת  and  one 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Number, feminine singular construct
Root: אֶחָד  
Sense: one (number).
שָׁנָה֙  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ  Zedekiah  [was] 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: צִדְקִיָּה 
Sense: the last king of Judah renamed from ‘Mattaniah’ by Nebuchadnezzar; son of Josiah by wife Hamutal; placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried his nephew Jehoiakim in captivity.
בְמָלְכ֔וֹ  when  he  became  king 
Parse: Preposition-b, Verb, Qal, Infinitive construct, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
עֶשְׂרֵה֙  [and]  ten 
Parse: Number, feminine singular
Root: עָשָׂר 
Sense: ten, -teen (in combination with other numbers).
שָׁנָ֔ה  years 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular
Root: שָׁנָה  
Sense: year.
מָלַ֖ךְ  he  reigned 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: מָלַךְ 
Sense: to be or become king or queen, reign.
בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם  in  Jerusalem 
Parse: Preposition-b, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: יְרוּשָׁלַםִ  
Sense: the chief city of Palestine and capital of the united kingdom and the nation of Judah after the split.
וְשֵׁ֣ם  And  name  [was] 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Noun, masculine singular construct
Root: שֵׁם  
Sense: name.
אִמּ֔וֹ  of  His  mother 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct, third person masculine singular
Root: אֵם  
Sense: mother.
[חמיטל]  Hamutal 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
(חֲמוּטַ֥ל)  Hamutal 
Parse: Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: חֲמוּטַל 
Sense: one of the wives of Josiah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah.
בַּֽת־  the  daughter 
Parse: Noun, feminine singular construct
Root: בַּת  
Sense: daughter.
יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ  of  Jeremiah 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יִרְמְיָה 
Sense: the major prophet, son of Hilkiah of the priestly family in Anathoth; author of the prophetic book bearing his name.
מִלִּבְנָֽה  of  Libnah 
Parse: Preposition-m, Proper Noun, feminine singular
Root: לִבְנָה  
Sense: a royal city of the Canaanites in the southwest captured by Joshua; allocated to Judah and made a Levitical city; site unknown.

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