Jeremiah in 2 Kings 24

This person shows up in 2 Kings 24:18: “Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real person in a real place.

2 Kings 24:18

“Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.”

What kids can learn

When you hear jeremiah in 2 Kings, remember the sentence around it. God put this person in the story on purpose.

Read 2 Kings 24:18 again tomorrow and ask what the person is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.