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Brenton's Septuagint

2 Kings 24:17

And the king of Babylon made Batthanias his son king in his stead, and called his name Sedekias.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Israel, Prophecies Concerning;   Mattaniah;   Zedekiah;   Thompson Chain Reference - Israel;   Israel-The Jews;   Kings of Israel;   Mattaniah;   Zedekiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Babylon;   Kings;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Egypt;   Nebuchadnezzar;   Zedekiah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Babylon;   Jeremiah;   Judah, tribe and kingdom;   Zedekiah;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Captivity;   Mattaniah;   Zedekiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Daniel;   Mattaniah;   Nedabiah;   Zedekiah;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Exile;   Kings, 1 and 2;   Mattaniah;   Naming;   Zedekiah;   Zerubbabel;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Israel;   Jeremiah;   Mattaniah;   Sheshbazzar;   Zarakes;   Zedekiah,;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Genealogies of Jesus Christ;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Babylon ;   Mattaniah ;   Zedekiah ;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Mattani'ah;   Zedeki'ah;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Name;   Zedekiah;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Change;   Daniel;   God, Names of;   Mattaniah;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Hebrew Names Version
The king of Bavel made Mattanyah, [Yehoiakim's] father's brother, king is his place, and changed his name to Tzidkiyahu.
King James Version
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
English Standard Version
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
New Century Version
Then he made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in Jehoiachin's place. He also changed Mattaniah's name to Zedekiah.
New English Translation
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in Jehoiachin's place. He renamed him Zedekiah.
Amplified Bible
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
New American Standard Bible
Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, 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.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the King of Babel made Mattaniah his vncle King in his steade, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Berean Standard Bible
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Contemporary English Version
Then Nebuchadnezzar appointed Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah king of Judah and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Complete Jewish Bible
The king of Bavel made Matanyah, Y'hoyakhin's father's brother, king in place of Y'hoyakhin and changed his name to Tzidkiyahu.
Darby Translation
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Easy-to-Read Version
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah the new king. Mattaniah was Jehoiachin's uncle. He changed his name to Zedekiah.
George Lamsa Translation
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah the kings uncle king in his stead and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Good News Translation
Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah king of Judah and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Lexham English Bible
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his uncle king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Literal Translation
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, the brother of his father, to reign in his place, and turned his name into Zedekiah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And the kynge of Babilon made Matania his vncle kynge in his steade, and turned his name Sedechias.
American Standard Version
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king in his stead, 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.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the king of Babylon made Mathania his fathers brother king in his steade, and chaunged his name to Zedekia.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
King James Version (1611)
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
English Revised Version
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And he ordeynede Mathanye, the brother of his fadir, for hym; and puttide to hym the name Sedechie.
Update Bible Version
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Webster's Bible Translation
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
New King James Version
Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's [fn] uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
New Living Translation
Then the king of Babylon installed Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, as the next king, and he changed Mattaniah's name to Zedekiah.
New Life Bible
Then he made Mattaniah, the brother of Jehoiachin's father, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
New Revised Standard
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his relative, king in his stead, - and changed his name to Zedekiah.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And he appointed Matthanias, his uncle, in his stead: and called his name Sedecias.
Revised Standard Version
And the king of Babylon made Mattani'ah, Jehoi'achin's uncle, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedeki'ah.
Young's Literal Translation
And the king of Babylon causeth Mattaniah his father's brother to reign in his stead, and turneth his name to Zedekiah.
THE MESSAGE
Then the king of Babylon made Jehoiachin's uncle, Mattaniah, his puppet king, but changed his name to Zedekiah.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

Contextual Overview

8 Eighteen years old was Joachim when he began to reign, an he reigned three months in Jerusalem: and his mother’s name was Nestha, daughter of Ellanastham, of Jerusalem. 9 And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his father did. 10 At that time went up Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. 11 And Nabuchodonosor king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants besieged it. 12 And Joachim king of Juda came forth to the king of Babylon, he and his servants, and his mother, and his princes, and his eunuchs; and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. 13 And he brought forth thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and he cut up all the golden vessels which Solomon the king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, according to the word of the Lord. 14 And he carried away the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and all the captains, and the mighty men, taking captive ten thousand prisoners, and every artificer and smith: and only the poor of the land were left. 15 And he carried Joachim away to Babylon, and the king’s mother, and the king’s wives, and his eunuchs: and he carried away the mighty men of the land into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and one thousand artificers and smiths: all were mighty men fit for war; and the king of Babylon carried them captive to Babylon. 17 And the king of Babylon made Batthanias his son king in his stead, and called his name Sedekias.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

the king: 2 Chronicles 36:10, 2 Chronicles 36:11, Jeremiah 37:1, Jeremiah 52:1

his father's brother: He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehoiachin. 1 Chronicles 3:15, 1 Chronicles 3:16, 2 Chronicles 36:10

changed: The change of name was to shew Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy, and that Zedekiah was only his vassal or viceroy. The custom of changing names, we are assured by travellers, still exists in the East. 2 Kings 23:34, 2 Chronicles 36:4

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah Jeremiah 1:3 - unto the end Jeremiah 21:1 - when Ezekiel 17:5 - the seed Ezekiel 17:13 - hath taken Daniel 1:7 - gave names

Cross-References

Genesis 24:1
And Abraam was old, advanced in days, and the Lord blessed Abraam in all things.
Genesis 24:6
And Abraam said to him, Take heed to thyself that thou carry not my son back thither.
Genesis 24:7
The Lord the God of heaven, and the God of the earth, who took me out of my father’s house, and out of the land whence I sprang, who spoke to me, and who swore to me, saying, I will give this land to thee and to thy seed, he shall send his angel before thee, and thou shalt take a wife to my son from thence.
Genesis 24:17
And the servant ran up to meet her, and said, Give me a little water to drink out of thy pitcher;
Genesis 24:18
and she said, Drink, Sir; and she hasted, and let down the pitcher upon her arm, and gave him to drink, till he ceased drinking.
Genesis 24:35
and the Lord has blessed my master greatly, and he is exalted, and he has given him sheep, and calves, and silver, and gold, servants and servant-maids, camels, and asses.
1 Kings 17:10
And he arose and went to Sarepta, and came to the gate of the city: and, behold, a widow-woman was there gathering sticks; and Eliu cried after her, and said to her, Fetch me, I pray thee, a little water in a vessel, that I may drink.
Isaiah 21:14
Ye that dwell in the country of Thaeman, bring water to meet him that is thirsty;
Isaiah 30:25
And there shall be upon every lofty mountain and upon every high hill, water running in that day, when many shall perish, and when the towers shall fall.
Isaiah 49:10
They shall not hunger, neither shall they thirst; neither shall the heat nor the sun smite them; but he that has mercy on them shall comfort them, and by fountains of waters shall he lead them.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead,.... The third son of Josiah, 1 Chronicles 3:15

and changed his name to Zedekiah; for the same reason the king of Egypt changed the name of Eliakim, 2 Kings 23:34 to signify his subjection to him; though some think it was to put him in mind of the justice of God, as the name signifies, that would overtake him, should he be treacherous to him, and rebel against him; so the Jewish Midrash.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Mattaniah, son of Josiah and brother of Jehoahaz, but thirteen years his junior, adopted a name significant of the blessings promised by Jeremiah to the reign of a king whose name should be “Yahweh, our righteousness” Jeremiah 23:5-8.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 2 Kings 24:17. Made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead — He was the son of Josiah, and brother to Jehoiakim.

Changed his name to Zedekiah.2 Kings 23:34.


 
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