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2 Kings 24:16-18
New English Translation
2 Kings 24:16-18
New English Translation
16 The king of Babylon deported to Babylon all the soldiers (there were 7,000), as well as 1,000 craftsmen and metal workers. This included all the best warriors.[a] 17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s[b] 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[c] was Hamutal,[d] the daughter of Jeremiah, from Libnah.
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- 2 Kings 24:16 tn Heb “the entire [group], mighty men, doers of war.”
- 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.”
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