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2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king of Judah. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Assyria;   Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Thompson Chain Reference - Mattaniah;   Zedekiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Death of the Wicked, the;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Nebuchadnezzar;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Zedekiah;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Amos, Theology of;   Chronicles, Theology of;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, the Books of;   Jehoahaz;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Exile;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Ezra, Book of;   Nehemiah, Book of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Zedekiah ;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Captivity;   Zedekiah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Zedekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Kingdom of Judah;   Babylonish Captivity, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Zedekiah (2);  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Hebrew Names Version
Tzidkiyahu was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Yerushalayim:
King James Version
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
English Standard Version
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
New Century Version
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king of Judah, and he was king in Jerusalem for eleven years.
New English Translation
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.
Amplified Bible
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.
New American Standard Bible
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem.
World English Bible
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
Geneva Bible (1587)
Zedekiah was one and twentie yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and reigned eleuen yeere in Ierusalem.
Legacy Standard Bible
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Berean Standard Bible
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
Contemporary English Version
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he was appointed king of Judah, and he ruled from Jerusalem for eleven years.
Complete Jewish Bible
Tzedekyah was twenty-one years old when he began his reign, and he ruled for eleven years in Yerushalayim.
Darby Translation
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
George Lamsa Translation
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Good News Translation
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years.
Lexham English Bible
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Literal Translation
Zedekiah was a son of twenty one years when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias whan he was made kynge, & reigned eleuen yeare at Ierusalem,
American Standard Version
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
Bible in Basic English
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
Zedekia was one and twentie yeres old when he began the raigne, and raigned aleuen yeres in Hierusalem.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem;
King James Version (1611)
Zedekiah was one and twentie yeres old, when he began to reigne, and reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Sedekias was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and be reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
English Revised Version
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Sedechie was of oon and twenti yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede eleuene yeer in Jerusalem.
Update Bible Version
Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
Webster's Bible Translation
Zedekiah [was] one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
New King James Version
2 Kings 24:18-20; Jeremiah 52:1-3">[xr] Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
New Living Translation
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
New Life Bible
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled eleven years in Jerusalem.
New Revised Standard
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Twenty-one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign, - and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem.
Douay-Rheims Bible
Sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Revised Standard Version
Zedeki'ah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Young's Literal Translation
A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
THE MESSAGE
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he started out as king. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. As far as God was concerned, he was just one more evil king; there wasn't a trace of contrition in him when the prophet Jeremiah preached God 's word to him. Then he compounded his troubles by rebelling against King Nebuchadnezzar, who earlier had made him swear in God's name that he would be loyal. He became set in his own stubborn ways—he never gave God a thought; repentance never entered his mind.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.

Contextual Overview

11 Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became king of Judah. He was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. 12 Zedekiah did what the Lord his God considered evil. Jeremiah the prophet told him messages from the Lord . But Zedekiah did not humble himself and obey what Jeremiah said. 13 Zedekiah turned against King Nebuchadnezzar. In the past Nebuchadnezzar forced Zedekiah to make a promise to be faithful to him. Zedekiah used God's name and promised to be faithful to Nebuchadnezzar. But Zedekiah was stubborn and would not change his life. He refused to obey the Lord , the God of Israel. 14 Also, all the leaders of the priests and the leaders of the people of Judah sinned worse and became more unfaithful to the Lord. They followed the evil example of the other nations. They ruined the Temple that the Lord had made holy in Jerusalem. 15 The Lord , the God of their ancestors, sent prophets again and again to warn his people. He did this because he felt sorry for them and for his Temple. He didn't want to destroy them or his Temple. 16 But they made fun of God's prophets and refused to listen to them. They hated God's messages. Finally, the Lord could not hold his anger any longer. He became angry with his people and there was nothing that could be done to stop it. 17 So God brought the king of Babylon to attack the people of Judah and Jerusalem. The king of Babylon killed the young men even when they were in the Temple. He didn't have mercy on the people of Judah and Jerusalem. The king of Babylon killed young and old people. He killed men and women. He killed sick and healthy people. God permitted Nebuchadnezzar to punish the people of Judah and Jerusalem. 18 Nebuchadnezzar carried all the things in God's Temple away to Babylon. He took all the valuable things from the Lord 's Temple, from the king, and from the king's officials. 19 Nebuchadnezzar and his army burned the Temple. They broke down Jerusalem's wall and burned all the houses that belonged to the king and his officials. They took or destroyed every valuable thing in Jerusalem. 20 Nebuchadnezzar took the people who were still alive back to Babylon and forced them to be slaves. They stayed in Babylon as slaves until the Persian kingdom defeated the kingdom of Babylon.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

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one and twenty: 2 Kings 24:18-20, Jeremiah 52:1-3

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 24:17 - the king 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah Ecclesiastes 10:16 - when Isaiah 3:4 - children Jeremiah 1:3 - unto the end Jeremiah 27:12 - Zedekiah Jeremiah 32:1 - in the Jeremiah 34:2 - Go

Cross-References

Genesis 36:15
These are the family groups that came from Esau: Esau's first son was Eliphaz. From Eliphaz came Teman, Omar, Zepho, Kenaz,
Genesis 36:16
Korah, Gatam, and Amalek. All these family groups came from Esau's wife Adah.
Genesis 36:35
When Husham died, Hadad ruled that area. Hadad was the son of Bedad. (He was the man who defeated Midian in the country of Moab.) Hadad was from the city of Avith.
Genesis 36:36
When Hadad died, Samlah ruled that country. Samlah was from Masrekah.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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