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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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)