What does 2 Kings 24:15-17 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers,d and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.