17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.


In Context

14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths; none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land.

15 And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the chief men of the land, carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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

17 And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

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.

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

2 Kings 24:17 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

24:17He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And he appointed Matthanias his uncle in his stead: and called his name Sedecias.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:17And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father's brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.