Catholic Public Domain Version
"And he appointed Mattaniah, his uncle, in his place. And he imposed the name Zedekiah upon him. "
— 2 Kings 24:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.”
“And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. ”
“The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.”
“The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.”
“And he appointed Matthanias, his uncle, in his stead: and called his name Sedecias.”
“And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, king in place of Jehoiachin, changing his name to Zedekiah.”
“And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.”
And he carried away all of Jerusalem, and all the leaders, and all the strong men of the army, ten thousand, into captivity, with every artisan and craftsman. And no one was left behind, except the poor among the people of the land.
Also, he carried away Jehoiachin into Babylon, and the mother of the king, and the wives of the king, and his eunuchs. And he led into captivity the judges of the land, from Jerusalem to Babylon,
and all the robust men, seven thousand, and the artisans and craftsman, one thousand: all who were strong men and fit for war. And the king of Babylon led them away as captives, into Babylon.
And he appointed Mattaniah, his uncle, in his place. And he imposed the name Zedekiah upon him.
Zedekiah held twenty-one years of life when he had begun to reign. And he reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. The name of his mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
And he did evil before the Lord, in accord with all that Jehoiakim had done.
For the Lord was angry against Jerusalem and against Judah, until he cast them away from his face. And so Zedekiah withdrew from the king of Babylon.