June 10, 2013 – 2 Kings 24
Jerusalem has fallen, but they continue to have a king.  One king is taken into exile and another is put in his stead.  It doesn't appear as though it matters because both of them were leading their people in ways that were not God's ways. 
For almost every king that they name, they name the mother of that king.  This goes to show that the mother of the king, not the queen, was held in high regard.  First, the kings may have had many wives like Solomon, so it would be hard to tell which should be queen.  Second, with many of these young kings, the mother was older and had more experience an, and so she would be able to help.  So, you can lay at least some of the blame on the mothers that all of these kings were not following God and give credit to the mothers that had sons that did.  But you can see why the early Christians and today Catholics hold Mary in such high regard.  It was the tradition of the Jews to hold mothers in such high esteem with their kings.  The earliest Christians were first Jews, and so they have this ingrained into them.  Jesus is King of Kings an so His mother is the Queen Mother and is to be highly regarded.  It follows from the basic and accepted Jewish tradition.  And that says nothing about the other teachings about Mary.  If she were not sinless, not immaculately conceived, not assumed into Heaven, or other Catholic beliefs, she should still be highly regarded by all Christians as the Queen Mother because she is the mother of Christ, the King of Kings.