16 (A)All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

Zedekiah Reigns in Judah(B)

17 Then (C)the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, (D)Jehoiachin’s[a] uncle, king in his place, and (E)changed his name to Zedekiah.

18 (F)Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was (G)Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:17 Lit. his

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