Parallel Verses

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.

New American Standard Bible

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

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 uncle, king in his place 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.

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.

Lexham Expanded Bible

Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his place 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.

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.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And the king
מלך 
melek 
Usage: 2521

of Babylon
בּבל 
babel 
Usage: 262

מתּניהוּ מתּניה 
Mattanyah 
Usage: 16

דּד דּוד 
Dowd 
Usage: 61

מלך 
Malak 
Usage: 350

in his stead, and changed
סבב 
Cabab 
Usage: 157

שׁם 
Shem 
Usage: 865

Context Readings

King Zedekiah Of Judah

16 And all the men of activity to the number of seven thousand, and craftsmen and joiners a thousand, all strong and apt for war, did the king of Babylon bring to Babylon to dwell. 17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in his stead, and changed his name and called him Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty one years old when he began to reign and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.



Cross References

Jeremiah 37:1

Jedekiah the son of Josiah, which was made king through Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, reigned in the land of Judah, in the stead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.

2 Kings 23:34

And Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to Jehoiakim, and took Jehoahaz away - which, when he came to Egypt, died there.

2 Chronicles 36:4

And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king upon Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name unto Jehoiakim; but Jehoahaz his brother, Neco took and carried him to Egypt.

1 Chronicles 3:15-16

And the sons of Josiah were: the eldest son Johanan, the second Jehoakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.

2 Chronicles 36:10-13

And when the year was out, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and fetched him to Babylon with the goodly vessels of the house of the LORD, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was twenty one years old, when he was made king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal, Jeremiah's daughter of Libnah.

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