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17 Then he made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He also changed Mattaniah’s name to Zedekiah.

Zedekiah King of Judah

18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he was king in Jerusalem for eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah[a] from Libnah. 19 Zedekiah did what the Lord said was wrong, just as Jehoiakim had done.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:18 Jeremiah This is not the prophet Jeremiah, but a different man with the same name.

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