Parallel Verses

Amplified

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.

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.

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 And the king of Babylon brought as exiles to Babylon all the brave men, seven thousand [of them], and the craftsmen and the smiths, a thousand [of them], all strong and fit for war. 17 Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah. 18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.



Cross References

Jeremiah 37:1

Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah the son of Josiah king in the land of Judah so he reigned as king instead of Coniah (also called Jeconiah and Jehoiachin) the son of Jehoiakim.

2 Kings 23:34

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

2 Chronicles 36:4

The king of Egypt made Eliakim, the brother of Joahaz, 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: firstborn, Johanan; second, Jehoiakim (Eliakim); third, Zedekiah; fourth, Shallum (Jehoahaz).

2 Chronicles 36:10-13

Now at the turn of the year [in the spring], King Nebuchadnezzar sent word and had him brought to Babylon with the valuable articles of the house of the Lord, and made his brother 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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