2 Chronicles 36:11

“Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.”

"Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem." - 2 Chronicles 36:11
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What does 2 Chronicles 36:11 mean?

The verse 2 Chronicles 36:11 in the King James Version reads: "Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem." This verse is part of the last chapter of 2 Chronicles, which is the final book in the Hebrew Bible. It serves as…

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The Weight of Leadership: Lessons from Zedekiah's Reign

The story of Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, encapsulated in 2 Chronicles 36:11, reads: "Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem." This verse, while seemingly simple, opens the door to profound reflections on…

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A Prayer for Wisdom and Leadership: Learning from Zedekiah's Reign

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I am reminded of the lesson found in 2 Chronicles 36:11 which states, "Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem." Lord, I reflect upon the life and reign of King Zedekiah—a…

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2 Chronicles 36:11 - "¶ Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem."
1 Chronicles 11:36 - "Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite,"
2 Chronicles 36:22
"Hepher the Mecherathite, Ahijah the Pelonite," - 1 Chronicles 11:36
1 Chronicles 2:36 - "And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad,"
2 Chronicles 36:2 - "Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 29:36 - "And Hezekiah rejoiced, and all the people, that God had prepared the people: for the thing was done suddenly."
2 Chronicles 20:36 - "And he joined himself with him to make ships to go to Tarshish: and they made the ships in Ezion-geber."
2 Chronicles 36:7 - "Nebuchadnezzar also carried of the vessels of the house of the LORD to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon."
2 Kings 15:36 - "¶ Now the rest of the acts of Jotham, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?"
2 Chronicles 36:3 - "And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold."
2 Chronicles 36:1 - "Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 36:6 - "Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and bound him in fetters, to carry him to Babylon."
"And Attai begat Nathan, and Nathan begat Zabad," - 1 Chronicles 2:36
2 Chronicles 11:20
2 Chronicles 35:11
2 Chronicles 11:2 - "But the word of the LORD came to Shemaiah the man of God, saying,"
2 Chronicles 11:8 - "And Gath, and Mareshah, and Ziph,"
2 Chronicles 11:9 - "And Adoraim, and Lachish, and Azekah,"
2 Chronicles 36:12 - "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD."
2 Chronicles 36:18 - "And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon."
2 Chronicles 36:19 - "And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof."
2 Chronicles 36:16 - "But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy."
2 Chronicles 11:7 - "And Beth-zur, and Shoco, and Adullam,"
2 Chronicles 11:11 - "And he fortified the strong holds, and put captains in them, and store of victual, and of oil and wine."
2 Chronicles 36:20 - "And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:"
1 Chronicles 2:11 - "And Nahshon begat Salma, and Salma begat Boaz,"
2 Chronicles 36:14 - "¶ Moreover all the chief of the priests, and the people, transgressed very much after all the abominations of the heathen; and polluted the house of the LORD which he had hallowed in Jerusalem."
2 Chronicles 36:15 - "And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:"