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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 ̌ .

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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Hamutal'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/h/hamutal.html. 1915.

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