2 Kings 24:17-20

Zedekiah Made King

17 ¹Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18 ²Zedekiah was twenty-one * years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven * years in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was ³Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

19 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, ⁴according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

20 For ⁵through the anger of the LORD this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And ⁶Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

2 Kings 24:17-20 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 24

This chapter relates the rebellion of Jehoiakim against the king of Babylon, which prepared the way for the ruin of the kingdom of Judah, according to the decree of God, and also the death of Jehoiakim, and the conquest the king of Babylon made of part of the land of the king of Egypt, 2Ki 24:1-7 and the short and wicked reign of Jehoiachin his son, when he and the royal family, with great numbers of the inhabitants of the land, were carried captive to Babylon, 2Ki 24:8-16, and his uncle was made king in his room, 2Ki 24:17-20.

Cross References

• 1. 2 Chronicles 36:10-13; Jeremiah 37:1
• 2. Jeremiah 27:1; Jeremiah 28:1; Jeremiah 52:1
• 3. 2 Kings 23:31
• 4. 2 Kings 23:37
• 5. Deuteronomy 4:24; Deuteronomy 29:27; 2 Kings 23:26
• 6. 2 Chronicles 36:13; Ezekiel 17:15

Footnotes

• [a]. I.e. Jehoiachin's uncle