2 Kings 24:17
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| Overview - 2 Kings 24 | |
| 1 | Jehoiakim, first subdued by Nebuchadnezzar, then rebelling against him, 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. |
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2 Kings 24:17 (King James Version)
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 2 Chronicles 36:11 ; Jeremiah 37:1 ; 52:1
- his father's brother
- He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehoiachin.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 1 Chronicles 3:16 ; 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.
- 23:34 2 Chronicles 36:4