Bible Person

Hamutal

Meaning: the shadow of his heat · Female · 3 cross references

Hamutal is one of Josiah's wives and the mother of both Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. Her place in the royal household ties her to the final troubled generation before Jerusalem's fall. First appears in 2 Kgs 23:31.1

AI summary: Hamutal matters because the cross references present her as a royal mother whose sons occupy the throne in Judah's last unstable years. Through Jehoahaz and Zedekiah, she stands near the center of the dynasty's final collapse under Babylon. Taken together, the material presents Hamutal as a queen mother whose sons belong to the last chapter of Judah's monarchy.1

Central Figure

Hamutal

Meaning: the shadow of his heat

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).