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 justice).
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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.