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

Bible Comments

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 certainly overtake him, if he should be guilty of the same perfidiousness.

2 Kings 24:17

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