2 Kings 24:17
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- the king
- 2 Chronicles 36:10, 11; Jeremiah 37:1; Jeremiah 52:1
- his father's brother
- He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehoiachin.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15, 16; 2 Chronicles 36:10
- changed
- The change of name was to shew Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy, and that Zedekiah was only his vassal or viceroy. The custom of changing names, we are assured by travellers, still exists in the East.
- 2 Kings 23:34; 2 Chronicles 36:4