And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
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Barnes' Notes
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 “Yahweh,…
Adam Clarke
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 - See the note on Kg2 23:34.
This should have been the history of king Jehoiachin's reign, but, alas! it is only the history of king Jehoiachin's captivity, as it is called, Eze 1:2. He came to the crown, not to have the honour…
Cambridge Bible
Mattaniah He was the brother of Jehoiakim, and as we gather from 1Ch 3:15, he was Josiah's third son. He is wrongly called -the brother" of Jehoiachin, 2Ch 36:10, unless we accept the word translated…
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