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Hamutal
Excerpt from the Lexham Bible Dictionary, the most advanced Bible dictionary.
Wife of King Josiah and mother of Zedekiah and Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31; 24:18; Jer 52:1).
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The Lexham Bible Dictionary
Hamutal, Daughter of Jeremiah
Hamutal, Daughter of Jeremiah (חֲמוּטַל‎, chamutal). Wife of King Josiah and mother of Zedekiah and Jehoahaz (2 Kgs 23:31; 24:18; Jer 52:1).
The Anchor Yale Bible Dictionary
Hamutal (Person)
HAMUTAL (PERSON) [Heb ḥămûṭal (חֲמוּטַל)]. Daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah; wife of King Josiah; and mother of Johoahaz and Zedekiah, kings of Judah (2 Kgs 23:31; K ḥămı̂ṭal, Q ḥăm̌ṭal in 2 Kgs 24:18 and Jer 52:1). The name of this individual perhaps means “my father-in-law is protection” (HALAT,
Baker Encyclopedia of the Bible
Hamutal
Hamutal. Daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, one of King Josiah’s wives, and the mother of two kings: Jehoahaz and Zedekiah (2 Kgs 23:31; 24:18; Jer 52:1).
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, Revised
Hamutal
Hamutal[Heb ḥamûṭal (2 K. 23:31), ḥamîṭal (2 K. 24:18; Jer. 52:1)]. A daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and wife of King Josiah, and mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. In the AV of 2 K. 24:18; Jer. 52:1, and in the LXX the name appears as “Hamital.” Swete gives a number of variants, e.g., 2 K. 24:18:
Tyndale Bible Dictionary
Hamutal
HAMUTAL Daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, one of King Josiah’s wives, and the mother of two kings: Jehoahaz and Zedekiah (2 Kgs 23:31; 24:18; Jer 52:1).
The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia
Hamutal
HAMUTAL. A daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, one of King Josiah’s wives, and mother of King Jehoahaz and King Zedekiah (2 Kgs 23:31; 24:18; Jer 52:1).
Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible
Hamutal
Hamutal (Heb. ḥămûṭal)The wife of King Josiah of Judah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and the mother of kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah (2 Kgs. 23:31; 24:18; Jer. 52:1; K ḥămɩ̂ṭal). Some think that the lioness of Ezek. 19:2 is a reference to Queen Hamutal.
Eerdmans Bible Dictionary
Hamutal
Hamutal [hə mūˊtəl] (Heb. Q ḥamûṭal; K ḥamîṭal LXX Gk. Amital “father-in-law is dew”). Wife of King Josiah of Judah, daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and the mother of Kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah (2 Kgs. 23:31; 24:18; Jer. 52:1). At 2 Kgs. 24:18; Jer. 52:1 the MT reads Hamital (so
Catholic Bible Dictionary
Hamutal
HAMUTAL Daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, the wife of King Josiah, and the mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, kings of Judah (2 Kgs 23:31, 24:18; Jer 52:1).
Smith’s Bible Dictionary
Hamutal
Hamu´tal (akin to the dew), daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah; one of the wives of King Josiah. 2 Kings 23:31; 24:18; Jer. 52:1. (b.c. 632–619.)
The New Unger’s Bible Dictionary
Hamutal
HAMU´TAL (ha-mūʹtal; “kinsman of the dew”). Daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, wife of King Josiah and mother of King Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31; 24:18; Jer. 52:1), 639 b.c.
Easton’s Bible Dictionary
Hamutal
Hamutal—kinsman of the dew, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, wife of king Josiah, and mother of king Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31), also of king Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:18).
See also
Relatives
Jeremiah Father
Zedekiah Son
Jehoahaz Son
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