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.

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Footnotes

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

17 He made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.(A)

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

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15 The sons of Josiah:

Johanan the firstborn,

Jehoiakim(A) the second son,

Zedekiah(B) the third,

Shallum(C) the fourth.

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Zedekiah Rules in Judah

11 (A)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did evil in the sight of the Lord his God; (B)he did not humble himself (C)before Jeremiah the prophet [a]who spoke for the Lord. 13 (D)He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear allegiance by God. But (E)he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the Lord God of Israel.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:12 Lit from the mouth of the Lord

Zedekiah King of Judah(A)

11 Zedekiah(B) was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. 12 He did evil in the eyes of the Lord(C) his God and did not humble(D) himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke the word of the Lord. 13 He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him take an oath(E) in God’s name. He became stiff-necked(F) and hardened his heart and would not turn to the Lord, the God of Israel.

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in the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, in the ninth day of the month, the city wall was (A)breached.

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And on the ninth day of the fourth(A) month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city wall(B) was broken through.(C)

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