Old Testament · VERSE 17

2 Kings 24:17

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

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2 Kings 24:17 in context

2 Kings 24:15

And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:16

And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

2 Kings 24:17SELECTED VERSE

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

2 Kings 24:18

Zedekiah was twenty and one 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.

2 Kings 24:19

And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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