Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah. New Living Translation Then the king of Babylon installed Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, as the next king, and he changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah. English Standard Version And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Berean Standard Bible Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, 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. New King James Version Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. New American Standard Bible Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. NASB 1995 Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. NASB 1977 Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Legacy Standard Bible Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah. Amplified Bible Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Christian Standard Bible And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place 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. American Standard Version And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Aramaic Bible in Plain English And the King of Babel made Metanya his paternal uncle king in his place, and he named his name Tsedeqia. Brenton Septuagint Translation And the king of Babylon made Batthanias his son king in his stead, and called his name Sedekias. Contemporary English Version Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah king of Judah and changed his name to Zedekiah. Douay-Rheims Bible And he appointed Matthanias his uncle in his stead: and called his name Sedecias. English Revised Version And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. GOD'S WORD® Translation The king of Babylon made King Jehoiakin's Uncle Mattaniah king in his place and changed Mattaniah's name to Zedekiah. Good News Translation Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah king of Judah and changed his name to Zedekiah. International Standard Version The king of Babylon installed Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah as king in his place and then changed his name to Zedekiah. JPS Tanakh 1917 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Literal Standard Version And the king of Babylon causes his father’s brother Mattaniah to reign in his stead, and turns his name to Zedekiah. Majority Standard Bible Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah. New American Bible In place of Jehoiachin the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king; he changed his name to Zedekiah. NET Bible The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in Jehoiachin's place. He renamed him Zedekiah. New Revised Standard Version The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. New Heart English Bible The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Webster's Bible Translation And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. World English Bible The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Young's Literal Translation And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father's brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Exiles to Babylon…16The king of Babylon also brought into exile to Babylon all seven thousand men of valor and a thousand craftsmen and metalsmiths—all strong and fit for battle. 17Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah. Cross References 2 Kings 23:34 Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim son of Josiah king in place of his father Josiah, and he changed Eliakim's name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz and carried him off to Egypt, where he died. 2 Chronicles 36:10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin's relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Jeremiah 1:3 and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile. Jeremiah 21:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said, Jeremiah 37:1 Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim. Jeremiah 49:34 This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. Ezekiel 17:13 He took a member of the royal family and made a covenant with him, putting him under oath. Then he carried away the leading men of the land, Treasury of Scripture And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. the king. 2 Chronicles 36:10,11 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem… Jeremiah 37:1 And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. Jeremiah 52:1 Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. his father's brother. 1 Chronicles 3:15,16 And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum… 2 Chronicles 36:10 And when the year was expired, king Nebuchadnezzar sent, and brought him to Babylon, with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. changed. 2 Kings 23:34 And Pharaohnechoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. 2 Chronicles 36:4 And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt. Jump to Previous Babylon Changed Changing Father's Jehoiachin Jehoiachin's Mattaniah Mattani'ah Reign Stead Turneth Uncle Zedekiah Zedeki'ahJump to Next Babylon Changed Changing Father's Jehoiachin Jehoiachin's Mattaniah Mattani'ah Reign Stead Turneth Uncle Zedekiah Zedeki'ah2 Kings 24 1. Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, 2. procures his own ruin. 5. Jehoiachin succeeds him. 7. The king of Egypt is vanquished by the king of Babylon. 8. Jehoiachin's evil reign. 10. Jerusalem is taken and carried captive into Babylon. 17. Zedekiah is made king, and reigns ill, unto the utter destruction of Judah. (17) Mattaniah his father's brother.--He was the third son of Josiah (comp. Jeremiah 1:3; Jeremiah 37:1), and full brother of Jehoahaz-Shallum (2Kings 23:31). Jehoiachin was childless at the time (comp. 2Kings 24:12; 2Kings 24:15 with 2Kings 25:7 and Jeremiah 22:30). In the exile he had offspring (1Chronicles 3:17-18). (The LXX. reads, his son, ????, a corruption of ?????, uncle). . . . Verses 17-20. - EARLIER PORTION OF ZEDEKIAH'S REIGN. Nebuchadnezzar found a son of Josiah, named Mattaniah, still surviving at Jerusalem. At his father's death he must have been a boy of ten, but he was now, eleven years later, of the age of twenty-one. This youth, only three years older than his nephew Jehoiachin, he appointed king, at the same time requiring him to change his name, which he did from "Mattaniah" to "Zedekiah" (ver. 17). Zedekiah pursued nearly the same course of action as the other recent kings. He showed no religious zeal, instituted no reform, but allowed the idolatrous practices, to which the people were so addicted, to continue (ver. 19). Though less irreligious and less inclined to persecute than Jehoiakim, he could not bring himself to turn to God. He was weak and vacillating, inclined to follow the counsels of Jeremiah, but afraid of the "princes," and ultimately took their advice, which was to ally himself with Egypt, and openly rebel against Nebuchadnezzar. This course of conduct brought about the destruction of the nation (ver. 29). Verse 17. - And the King of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead. Josiah had four sons (1 Chronicles 3:15) - Johanan, the eldest, who probably died before his father; Jehoiakim, or Eliakim, the second, who was twenty-five years old at his father's death (2 Kings 23:36); Jehoahaz, the third, otherwise called Shallum (1 Chronicles, l.s.c.; Jeremiah 22:11), who, when his father died, was aged twenty-three (2 Kings 32:31); and Mattaniah, the youngest, who must have been then aged ten or nine. It was this fourth son, now grown to manhood, whom Nebuchadnezzar appointed king in Jehoiachin's room. And changed his name to Zedekiah. (On the practice of changing a king's name on his accession, see the comment upon 2 Kings 23:31, 34.) Mat-lab means "Gift of Jehovah;" Zedekiah, "Righteousness of Jehovah." Josiah had called his son the first of these names in humble acknowledgment of God's mercy in granting him a fourth son. So other pious Jews called their sons "Nathaniel," and Greeks "Theodotus" or "Theodorus," and Romans "Deodatua." Mattaniah, in taking the second of the names, may have had in his mind the prophecy of Jeremiah 23:5-8, where blessings are promised to the reign of a king whose name should be "Jehovah-Tsidkenu," i.e. "The Lord our Righteousness." Or he may simply have intended to declare that "the righteousness of Jehovah" was what he aimed at establishing. In this case it can only be said that it would have been happy for his country, had his professions been corroborated by his acts. Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Then the kingמֶֽלֶךְ־ (me·leḵ-) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 4428: A king of Babylon בָּבֶ֛ל (bā·ḇel) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 894: Babylon -- an eastern Mediterranean empire and its capital city made Mattaniah, מַתַּנְיָ֥ה (mat·tan·yāh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 4983: Mattaniah -- 'gift of Yah', the last king of Judah, also a number of Israelites [Jehoiachin's] uncle, דֹד֖וֹ (ḏō·ḏōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1730: To love, a love-token, lover, friend, an uncle king וַיַּמְלֵ֧ךְ (way·yam·lêḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 4427: To reign, inceptively, to ascend the throne, to induct into royalty, to take counsel in his place תַּחְתָּ֑יו (taḥ·tāw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of and changed וַיַּסֵּ֥ב (way·yas·sêḇ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround his name שְׁמ֖וֹ (šə·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name to Zedekiah. צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ (ṣiḏ·qî·yā·hū) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 6667: Zedekiah -- 'Yah is righteousness', six Israelites Links 2 Kings 24:17 NIV2 Kings 24:17 NLT 2 Kings 24:17 ESV 2 Kings 24:17 NASB 2 Kings 24:17 KJV 2 Kings 24:17 BibleApps.com 2 Kings 24:17 Biblia Paralela 2 Kings 24:17 Chinese Bible 2 Kings 24:17 French Bible 2 Kings 24:17 Catholic Bible OT History: 2 Kings 24:17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah Jehoiachin's (2Ki iiKi ii ki 2 kg 2kg) |