2 Kings 24:17-18
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Context24:17 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.