2 Kings 24:17
“¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.”
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2 Kings 24:17 Context
15And he caried away Iehoiachin to Babylon, and the kings mother, and the kings wiues, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those caried hee into captiuitie, from Ierusalem to Babylon. 16And all the men of might, euen seuen thousand, and craftesmen, & smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for warre, euen them the king of Babylon brought captiue to Babylon. 17¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18Zedekiah was twentie and one yeeres olde when hee began to reigne, and he reigned eleuen yeeres in Ierusalem: and his mothers name was Hamutal, the daughter of Ieremiah of Libnah. 19And hee did that which was euill in the sight of the Lord, according to all that Iehoiachin had done.
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Other Translations for 2 Kings 24:17
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- King James Version
Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, `Jehoiachin's' father's brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- American Standard Version (1901)
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in place of Jehoiachin, changing his name to Zedekiah.
- Basic English Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Darby Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Webster's Bible
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- World English Bible
And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father's brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah.
- Youngs Literal Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for 2 Kings 24:17
24:17 Zedekiah - That he might admonish him of (what this name signifies) the justice of God, which had so severely punished Jehoiakim for his rebellion; and would no less certainly overtake him, if he should be guilty of the same perfidiousness.