Parallel Verses
Lexham Expanded Bible
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his place and changed his name [to] Zedekiah.
New American Standard Bible
King James Version
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Holman Bible
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s
International Standard Version
The king of Babylon installed Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah as king in his place and then changed his name to Zedekiah.
A Conservative Version
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his stead, 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.
Amplified
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Bible in Basic English
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in place of Jehoiachin, changing his name to Zedekiah.
Darby Translation
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Julia Smith Translation
And the king of Babel will make Mattaniah his uncle, king in his stead; and he will turn his name to Zedekiah.
King James 2000
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Modern King James verseion
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his place. And he changed his name to Zedekiah.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his stead, and changed his name and called him Zedekiah.
NET Bible
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in Jehoiachin's place. He renamed him 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.
The Emphasized Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his relative, king in his stead, - and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Webster
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 is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Youngs Literal Translation
And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father's brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah.
Themes
Babylon » Nebuchadnezzar king of » Made zedekiah king
Israel » Josiah » Son » Zedekiah » Made king
Israel » Kings of judah » 20 zedekiah, or mattaniah
Kings » Who reigned over judah » Zedekiah
Kings » Names of, often changed at their accession
Kings of israel » Kings of judah » 20 zedekiah, or mattaniah
Mattaniah » Original name of zedekiah, king of judah
Interlinear
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References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 2 Kings 24:17
Verse Info
Context Readings
King Zedekiah Of Judah
16 of all of the skilled men, seven thousand, and [of] the skilled craftsmen and the artisans, one thousand. All of the mighty warriors {fit for war} the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. 17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his place and changed his name [to] Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother [was] Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah from Libnah.
Cross References
Jeremiah 37:1
And king Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, had made king, reigned as king in the land of Judah in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim.
2 Kings 23:34
Then Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in place of Josiah his father, and he changed his name to Jehoiakim. Then he took Jehoahaz and brought [him] to Egypt, and he died there.
2 Chronicles 36:4
And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and he changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Jehoahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.
1 Chronicles 3:15-16
And the sons of Josiah: Johanan the firstborn, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
2 Chronicles 36:10-13
And at the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with objects of the treasure of the house of Yahweh. And he made Zedekiah his brother king in Judah and Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 52:1
Zedekiah [was] {twenty-one years old} at his beginning to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And the name of his mother [was] Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.