John Gill Commentary 2 Kings 23:36

"Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: and his mother`s name was Zebidah the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah." — 2 Kings 23:36 (ASV)

Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign And therefore must be two years older than his brother Jehoahaz, who was deposed:

and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and therefore must die at the age of thirty and six :

and his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah ; which Josephus ^F12 calls Abuma; but he speaks of a village in Galilee called Ruma ^F13 ; but whether the same with this is not certain.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F12: Antiqu. l. 10. c. 5. sect. 2.
• F13: De Bello Jud l. 3. c. 6. sect. 21.