Text: Jeremiah 52:1
OT Text Referred to: 2 Kings 24:18
Subject: fall of Jerusalem
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Jeremiah 52:1 and 2 Kings 24:18 are virtually identical: "Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem." These are parallel historiographical accounts of Jerusalem's final king, with Jeremiah 52 serving as a historical appendix to Jeremiah's prophecy that draws directly from the Deuteronomistic History in 2 Kings. The near-verbatim correspondence confirms that Jeremiah 52 was not authored by Jeremiah himself (since 51:64 notes "the words of Jeremiah end here") but was appended to vindicate the prophet's predictions by narrating the historical events he foretold — the fall of Jerusalem, the exile, and Zedekiah's capture.
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Text: 2 Kings 24:18
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 52:1
Subject: fall of Jerusalem
Source: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Reference Type: Direct Quotation
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Both texts open with an identical regnal formula for Zedekiah: "Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah." Jeremiah 52 is widely recognized as a historical appendix to the book of Jeremiah, drawn from essentially the same source as 2 Kings 24-25. The near-verbatim agreement establishes that the fall of Jerusalem narrated in Kings was so central to Israel's prophetic consciousness that it was appended to Jeremiah's prophecy as historical confirmation — the events proved the prophet right.