KJV ORIGINAL
Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for eleven years.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
This verse tells us that Zedekiah became king at age 21 and ruled Jerusalem for eleven years before the kingdom fell.
📚 Historical Context
Zedekiah was the last king of Judah, appointed by the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar around 597 BC after his predecessor was taken into exile. His reign (597-586 BC) ended when Jerusalem was completely destroyed and the temple was burned, marking the end of the independent kingdom of Judah. This was the final chapter before the Babylonian exile that the chronicler had been building toward throughout the book.
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