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2 Kings 24:17-18

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24:17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s 1  uncle, king in Jehoiachin’s place. He renamed him Zedekiah.

Zedekiah’s Reign over Judah

24:18 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he ruled for eleven years in Jerusalem. 2  His mother 3  was Hamutal, 4  the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.

1 tn Heb “his.”

2 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

3 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”

4 tc Some textual witnesses support the consonantal text (Kethib) in reading “Hamital.”



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