the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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2 Kings 24:17
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the king: 2 Chronicles 36:10, 2 Chronicles 36:11, Jeremiah 37:1, Jeremiah 52:1
his father's brother: He was son of Josiah, brother to Jehoiakim, and uncle of Jehoiachin. 1 Chronicles 3:15, 1 Chronicles 3:16, 2 Chronicles 36:10
changed: The change of name was to shew Nebuchadnezzar's supremacy, and that Zedekiah was only his vassal or viceroy. The custom of changing names, we are assured by travellers, still exists in the East. 2 Kings 23:34, 2 Chronicles 36:4
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 3:14 - Josiah Jeremiah 1:3 - unto the end Jeremiah 21:1 - when Ezekiel 17:5 - the seed Ezekiel 17:13 - hath taken Daniel 1:7 - gave names
Cross-References
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years. And the Lord had blessed Abraham in all things.
And Abraham was old, [and] well stricken in age. And Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.
Abraham was now very old, and the Lord had blessed him in every way.
Now Abraham was old, well advanced in years, and the Lord had blessed him in everything.
And Abraham was old [and] far advanced in age: and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
Abraham was old, and well stricken in age. Yahweh had blessed Abraham in all things.
Now Abraham was old, [well] advanced in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things.
Forsothe Abraham was eld, and of many daies, and the Lord hadde blessid hym in alle thingis.
And Abraham [is] old, he hath entered into days, and Jehovah hath blessed Abraham in all [things];
By now Abraham was old and well along in years, and the LORD had blessed him in every way.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead,.... The third son of Josiah, 1 Chronicles 3:15
and changed his name to Zedekiah; for the same reason the king of Egypt changed the name of Eliakim, 2 Kings 23:34 to signify his subjection to him; though some think it was to put him in mind of the justice of God, as the name signifies, that would overtake him, should he be treacherous to him, and rebel against him; so the Jewish Midrash.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Mattaniah, son of Josiah and brother of Jehoahaz, but thirteen years his junior, adopted a name significant of the blessings promised by Jeremiah to the reign of a king whose name should be âYahweh, our righteousnessâ Jeremiah 23:5-8.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse 2 Kings 24:17. Made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead — He was the son of Josiah, and brother to Jehoiakim.
Changed his name to Zedekiah. — 2 Kings 23:34.