Parallel Verses

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.

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.

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 All the men of valor, seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths, one thousand, all strong and fit for war, and these the king of Babylon brought into exile to Babylon. 17 Then the king of Babylon made his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.



Cross References

Jeremiah 37:1

Now Zedekiah the son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had made king in the land of Judah, reigned as king in place of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.

2 Kings 23:34

Pharaoh Neco made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But he took Jehoahaz away and brought him to Egypt, and he died there.

2 Chronicles 36:4

The king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and changed his name to Jehoiakim. But Neco took Joahaz his brother and brought him to Egypt.

1 Chronicles 3:15-16

The sons of Josiah were Johanan the firstborn, and the second was Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.

2 Chronicles 36:10-13

At the turn of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord, and he made his kinsman Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 52:1

Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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