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Jeremiah 52:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Jeremiah 52:1-2
New Catholic Bible
Historical Appendix
Chapter 52[a]
The Siege of Jerusalem. 1 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 He did what was evil in the eyes of the Lord, just as Jehoiakim had done.
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- Jeremiah 52:1 This final chapter, which is found almost identically in Jer 39:1-7; 2 Ki 24:18-20; 25:1-21, 27-30, is not from Jeremiah. It seems that toward the end of the Exile, the editor introduced it as a conclusion in which to render homage and justice to a prophet who had been so assailed and questioned during his lifetime.
