Hamutal

Easton's Bible Dictionary

2 Kings 23:312 Kings 24:18

Fausset's Bible Dictionary

Daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, wife of king Josiah, mother of Jehoahaz and Mattaniah or Zedekiah (2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18).

Holman Bible Dictionary

2 Kings 23:312 Kings 24:18JehoahazZedekiah

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

HAMUTAL ( 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18 , Jeremiah 52:1 ). Mother of the kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, sons of Josiah.

Morrish Bible Dictionary

Daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and wife of king Josiah. 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18;

Jeremiah 52:1 .

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Hamu'tal. (akin to the dew). Daughter of Jeremiah, of Libnah; one of the wives of King Josiah. 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1. (B.C. 632-619).

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

ha - mū´tal ( חמוּטל , ḥămūṭal , "father-in-law" or "kinsman of the dew"): A daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and wife of King Josiah, and mother of Jehoahaz and Zedekiah ( 2 Kings 23:31; 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1 ). In the last two references and in the Septuagint the name appears as "Hamital." Swete gives a number of variants, e.g. 2 Kings 24:18 : Codex Vaticanus, Μιτάτ , Mitát  ; Codex Alexandrinus, Ἀμιτάθ , Amitáth  ; Jeremiah 52:1 : Codex Vaticanus, Ἁμειταάλ , Hameitaál  ; Codex Sinaiticus, Codex Alexandrinus Ἁμιταάλ , Hamitaál  ; Codex Q Ἁμιτάλ , Hamitál ̌ .

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Heb. Chamutal', חֲמוּטל , kinsnzan of the dewu; Sept. Ἀμιτάλ, but in Jeremiah 52:1 Ἀμιτάαλ, Vulgate Amital; but the Heb. text has

חֲמַיטִל , Chamital' [of the same import], in 2 Kings 24:18; Jeremiah 52:1), 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; Jeremiah 52:1). B.C. 632-619.