2 Kings 24:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. ”

2 Kings 24:17 - Albert 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 “Yahweh...
2 Kings 24:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 24:8-17 . Jehoiachin and the First Captivity of Judah. The name of this king is also given as Coniah ( Jeremiah 22:24 ) and Jeconiah ( Jeremiah 29:2 ). Evidently Babylon's vengeance for hi...
2 Kings 24:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

changed his name. See note on 2 Kings 23:34 .
2 Kings 24:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead - He was the son of Josiah, and...
2 Kings 24:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead. Adhering to his former polic...
2 Kings 24:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jehoiachin and Nebuchadnezzar This chapter recounts the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jehoiachin, the invasion of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon (who carried into captivity Jehoiachin and numb...
2 Kings 24:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Mattaniah his father’s brother. — He was the third son of Josiah (comp. Jeremiah 1:3 ; Jeremiah 37:1 ), and full brother of Jehoahaz-Shallum ( 2 Kings 23:31 ). Jehoiachin was childless at the tim...
2 Kings 24:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

JEHOIAKIM B.C. 608-597 2 Kings 23:36-37 ; 2 Kings 24:1-7 "But those things that are recorded of him, and of his uncleanness and impiety, are written in the Chronicles of the Kings," - RAPC...
2 Kings 24:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Captivity Begins 2 Kings 24:10-20 Jehoiachin followed the evil path of his predecessors. Again Jerusalem was besieged and Deuteronomy 28:48 began to be fulfilled. The ill-advised revolt o...
2 Kings 24:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jehoiakim became tributary to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar. The continuity of evil made impossible any respite, and it is solemnly written, "The Lord would not pardon." In this connection the sins o...
2 Kings 24:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! is it not awful, when we see that neither kindness nor severity will operate upon some minds. Zedekiah had seen the ruin of his kingdom by reason of sin; and yet he sinned more. Oh! how certa...
2 Kings 24:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
2 Kings 24:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. Ver. 17. And the king of Babylon had made Mattaniah. ] His name signifieth God's gi...
2 Kings 24:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

And changed his name to Zedekiah That he might admonish him of (what his name signifies) the justice of God , which had so severely punished Jehoiakim for his rebellion; and would no less certainl...
2 Kings 24:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Pharaoh was not able to maintain his dominance over Judah, however, not that Judah was able to break it, but because Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon displaced Pharaoh and took his place in making Jeho...
2 Kings 24:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jehoiachin Carried Captive to Babylon. B. C. 599. 8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years ol...
2 Kings 24:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

That he might admonish him of (what this name signifies) the justice of God, which had so severely punished Jehoiakim for his rebellion; and would no less certainly overtake him, if he should be gu...
2 Kings 24:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The Reign Of Jehoiachin King Of Judah 597 BC ( 2 Kings 24:8-17 ). In typical fashion the prophetic author of Kings has not told us in detail about the closing years of Jehoiakim's life, except in...
2 Kings 24:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

THE FALL OF THE KINGDOM OF JUDAH CRITICAL AND EXPLANATORY NOTES .— 2 Kings 24:1 . In his days Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon —Nebuchadnezzar’s reign commenced in the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s....
2 Kings 24:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, his father's brother, a third son of Josiah, king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah ("the righteousness of Jehovah," he by whom Jehovah executes...
2 Kings 24:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Chronicles 3:15 ; 1 Chronicles 3:16 ; 2 Chronicles 36:10 ; 2 Chronicles 36:11 ; 2 Chronicles 36:4 ; 2 Kings 23:34 ; Jeremiah 37:1 ; Jeremiah 52:1
2 Kings 24:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Zedekiah — That he might admonish him of (what this name signifies) the justice of God, which had so severely punished Jehoiakim for his rebellion; and would no less certainly overtake him, if he s...

2 Kings 24:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

2 Kings 24:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

2 Kings 24:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

2 Kings 24:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

2 Kings 24:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

2 Kings 24:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

2 Kings 24:17 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

2 Kings 24:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

2 Kings 24:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

2 Kings 24:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

2 Kings 24:17 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Kings 24:17 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes