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BSB § Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
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WEBBE Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
WMBB (Same as above)
NET Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem.
LSV Zedekiah [is] a son of twenty-one years in his reigning, and he has reigned eleven years in Jerusalem;
FBV Zedekiah was twenty-one when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem for eleven years.
T4T Zedekiah was 21 years old when he became the king, and he ruled in Jerusalem for 11 years.
LEB Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
BBE Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king; he was ruling in Jerusalem for eleven years.
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JPS Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem;
ASV Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
DRA Sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign: and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
YLT A son of twenty and one years [is] Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem;
Drby Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
RV Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem:
Wbstr Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
KJB-1769 ¶ 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 reignd eleven years in Yerusalem. )
KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Zedekiah was one and twentie yeres old, when he began to reigne, and reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
Bshps Zedekia was one and twentie yeres old when he began the raigne, and raigned aleuen yeres in Hierusalem.
(Zedekia was one and twenty years old when he began the reigne, and reignd aleven years in Yerusalem.)
Gnva Zedekiah was one and twentie yeere olde, when he beganne to reigne, and reigned eleuen yeere in Ierusalem.
(Zedekiah was one and twenty year old, when he began to reign, and reignd eleven year in Yerusalem. )
Cvdl One and twentye yeare olde was Sedechias whan he was made kynge, & reigned eleuen yeare at Ierusalem,
(One and twenty year old was Sedechias when he was made king, and reignd eleven year at Yerusalem,)
Wyc Sedechie was of oon and twenti yeer, whanne he bigan to regne, and he regnede eleuene yeer in Jerusalem.
(Sedechie was of one and twenty year, when he began to reign, and he reignd eleuene year in Yerusalem.)
Luth Einundzwanzig Jahre alt war Zidekia, da er König ward, und regierete elf Jahre zu Jerusalem.
(Einundzwanzig years old what/which Zidekia, there he king ward, and regierete elf years to Yerusalem.)
ClVg Viginti et unius anni erat Sedecias cum regnare cœpisset, et undecim annis regnavit in Jerusalem:
(Viginti and of_one anni was Sedecias when/with regnare cœpisset, and undecim annis reigned in Yerusalem: )
BrTr Sedekias was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.
BrLXX Ἐτῶν εἴκοσι υἱὸς καὶ ἑνὸς ἔτου Σεδεκίας ἐν τῷ βασιλεύειν αὐτὸν, καὶ ἕνδεκα ἔτη ἐβασίλευσεν ἐν Ἱερουσαλήμ.
(Etōn eikosi huios kai henos etou Sedekias en tōi basileuein auton, kai hendeka etaʸ ebasileusen en Hierousalaʸm. )
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Daniel 1; 2 Kings 24-25; 2 Chronicles 36; Jeremiah 39; 52
One of the most significant events in the story of the Old Testament is the exile of Judah to Babylon in 586 B.C. This event–actually the third in a series of exiles to Babylon (the others occurring in 605 B.C. and 597 B.C.)–precipitated several crises in the nation and in Judaism. The northern kingdom of Israel had already been exiled to Assyria over a century earlier in 722 B.C. (2 Kings 15:29; 17:1-6; 1 Chronicles 5:26; see also “Israelites Are Exiled to Assyria” map), and in some ways that exile was even more devastating. Nevertheless, the Temple of the Lord remained intact in Jerusalem as a place where the faithful could continue to offer their sacrifices. With the destruction of Jerusalem and the Temple of the Lord at the hands of the Babylonians, however, sacrifices could no longer be offered at the Tabernacle or Temple of the Lord (Leviticus 17:2-4; Deuteronomy 12:5-7), and the Lord’s promise to provide a land for his people and a descendant on the throne of David no doubt seemed abandoned. At the same time, however, the Judean exiles were allowed to maintain their religious traditions in Babylon, and many even began to thrive there, including Daniel and his friends, who served at the royal court (Daniel 1; see also “The Land of Exile” map). One of the last kings of Babylon expanded Babylonia further by capturing the desert oases of Dumah, Tema, Dedan, and Yathrib (see “Oases of the Arabian Desert” map), but eventually the Median Empire to the north merged with the Persian Empire to the southeast and conquered the Babylonian Empire. King Cyrus of Persia then decreed that the exiled Judeans, now called “Jews,” could return to their homeland if they desired (2 Chronicles 36:22-23; Ezra 1-2; see also “Jews Return from Exile” map).