Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 4427 [e] וַיַּמְלֵ֧ךְ way-yam-lêḵ And made king Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 4428 [e] מֶֽלֶךְ־ me-leḵ- the king N-msc 894 [e] בָּבֶ֛ל bā-ḇel of Babylon N-proper-fs 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 4983 [e] מַתַּנְיָ֥ה mat-tan-yāh Mattaniah N-proper-ms 1730 [e] דֹד֖וֹ ḏō-ḏōw [Jehoiachin's] uncle N-msc | 3ms 8478 [e] תַּחְתָּ֑יו taḥ-tāw; in his place Prep | 3ms 5437 [e] וַיַּסֵּ֥ב way-yas-sêḇ and changed Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 853 [e] אֶת־ ’eṯ- - DirObjM 8034 [e] שְׁמ֖וֹ šə-mōw his name N-msc | 3ms 6667 [e] צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ ṣiḏ-qî-yā-hū. to Zedekiah N-proper-ms   פ p̄ - Punc

New American Standard Bible
Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

King James Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

the king.

2 Chronicles 36:10,11 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought …

Jeremiah 37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the …

Jeremiah 52:1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and …

his father's brother. He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehoiachin.

1 Chronicles 3:15,16 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, …

2 Chronicles 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought …

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 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room …

2 Chronicles 36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and …

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