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2 Kings 24:17-19
New English Translation
2 Kings 24:17-19
New English Translation
17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s[a] uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.
Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah
18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother[b] was Hamutal,[c] the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah. 19 He did evil in the sight of[d] the Lord, as Jehoiakim had done.[e]
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- 2 Kings 24:17 tn Heb “his.”
- 2 Kings 24:18 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
- 2 Kings 24:18 tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”
- 2 Kings 24:19 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
- 2 Kings 24:19 tn Heb “according to all which Jehoiakim had done.”
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