John Gill's Exposition on 2 Kings 23:36

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, etc.] 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 f303 calls Abuma; but he speaks of a village in Galilee called Ruma f304; but whether the same with this is not certain.

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