Zedekiah Made King

17 (A)Then the king of Babylon made [a]his uncle Mattaniah king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

18 (B)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was (C)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 19 He did evil in the sight of the Lord, (D)according to all that Jehoiakim had done.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:17 I.e. Jehoiachin’s uncle