2 Chronicles 36:11 “Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned…”

2 Chronicles 36:11

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

Zedekiah was one and twentie yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and reigned eleuen yeere in Ierusalem.

Darby Translation

Zedekiah 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;

Bible in Basic English

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.

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Cross references

“A. M. 3405-3416. B.C. 599-588. one and twenty”

2 Kings 24:18–20 Jeremiah 52:1–3

2 Kings 24:18–20 · BSB

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Jeremiah 52:1–3 · BSB

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.

Also

Jeremiah 28:1 Jeremiah 27:1

Jeremiah 28:1 · BSB

In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presenc…

Jeremiah 27:1 · BSB

At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

10In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

12And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.

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