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


In Context

14 And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the valiant men of the army, to the number of ten thousand into captivity: and every artificer and smith: and none were left, but the poor sort of the people of the land.

15 And he carried away Joachin into Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his eunuchs: and the judges of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem into Babylon.

16 And all the strong men, seven thousand, and the artificers, and the smiths a thousand, all that were valiant men and fit for war: and the king of Babylon led them captives into Babylon.

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

18 Sedecias was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem: the name of his mother was Amital, the daughter of Jeremias of Lobna.

19 And he did evil before the Lord, according to all that Joakim 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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

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

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.