2 Chronicles 36 · Verse 11

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
2 Chronicles 36:11, King James Version

2 Chronicles 36:11 in other translations

BSBZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
WEBZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
ASVZedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
YLTA son of twenty and one years is Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
DARBYZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
BBEZedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.
WebsterZedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

What does 2 Chronicles 36:11 mean?

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

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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 2 Chronicles 36:1-21

The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish. See here what woful havoc sin makes, and, as we value the comfort and continuance of our earthly blessings, let us keep that worm from the root of them. They had many…

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2 Chronicles 36:11 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

בֶּן\־ben-[was] a son ofH1121
עֶשְׂרִ֧ים'es.RimtwentyH6242
וְאַחַ֛תve.'a.Chatand oneH259
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּtzid.ki.Ya.huZedekiahH6667
בְמָלְכ֑וֹve.ma.le.Khowhen became king heH4427
וְאַחַ֤תve.'a.Chatand one [plus]H259
עֶשְׂרֵה֙'es.RehtenH6240
שָׁנָ֔הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
מָלַ֖ךְma.Lakhhe reignedH4427
בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם\׃bi.ru.sha.Limin JerusalemH3389

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Cross references for 2 Chronicles 36:11

  • 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, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

  • 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 Hananiah the son of Azur the prophet, which was of Gibeon, spake unto me in the house of the Lord, in the presence of the priests and of all the people, saying,

  • 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 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 the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. And he did that which was evil in the eyes of the Lord, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. For through the anger of the Lord it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, till he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

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A.M. 3405-3416. B.C. 599-588. one and twenty.
2Ki 24:18-20; Jer 52:1-3

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Context

  • 2 Chronicles 36:10

    And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the Lord, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:11

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

  • 2 Chronicles 36:12

    And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the Lord.

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2 Chronicles 36:11 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
De veinte y un años era Sedecías cuando comenzó á reinar, y once años reinó en Jerusalem.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
*Sédécias était âgé de 21 ans lorsqu’il commença de régner; et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Einundzwanzig Jahre war Zedekia alt, als er König wurde, und er regierte elf Jahre zu Jerusalem.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Viginti et unius anni erat Sedecias cum regnare cœpisset, et undecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem: