Jeremiah (2 Kings 23:31)
The name Jeremiah means “exaltation of the Lord.” Jeremiah is mentioned in 3 verses of the Bible, first in 2 Kings 23:31.
Family of Jeremiah
Children
Who was Jeremiah?
The father of Hamutal (2 Kings 23:31), the wife of Josiah.
Biography adapted from Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), public domain, linked via Theographic Bible Metadata.
Key verses about Jeremiah
- 2 Kings 23:31
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.
- 2 Kings 24:18
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.
- Jeremiah 52:1
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.