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


In Context

14 And he hath removed all Jerusalem, and all the chiefs, and all the mighty ones of valour — ten thousand is the removal — and every artificer and smith, none hath been left save the poor of the people of the land.

15 And he removeth Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs, and the mighty ones of the land — he hath caused a removal to go from Jerusalem to Babylon,

16 and all the men of valour seven thousand, and the artificers and the smiths a thousand, the whole are mighty men, warriors; and the king of Babylon bringeth them in a captivity to Babylon.

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

18 A son of twenty and one years is Zedekiah in his reigning, and eleven years he hath reigned in Jerusalem, and the name of his mother is Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah,

19 and he doth the evil thing in the eyes of Jehovah according to all that Jehoiakim did,

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 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 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.