2 Kings
King James Version (KJV)


“And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.”
King James Version (KJV)
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.
ΒΆ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- King James Version (1611) - View 1611 Bible Scan
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
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Berean Standard Bible Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Darby Bible
And he appointed Matthanias his uncle in his stead: and called his name Sedecias.
- Douay-Rheims Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- English Revised Version
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- World English Bible