Discovery Box2 Kings 23:36 
ContextJehoiakim’s Reign over Judah
23:36 Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 1 His mother was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah, from Rumah.
2 Kings 24:18
ContextZedekiah’s Reign over Judah
24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. 2 His mother 3 was Hamutal, 4 the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
1 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.
3 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
4 tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”
