Study it in the app“And King Zedekiah son of Josiah reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.”
And Kingוַ מֶלֶךְZedekiahצִדְקִיָּהוּsonבֶּןof Josiahיֹאשִׁיָּהוּreignedיִּמְלָךְin placeתַּחַתof Coniahכָּנְיָהוּsonבֶּןof Jehoiakim,יְהוֹיָקִיםwhomאֲשֶׁרNebuchadnezzarנְבוּכַדְרֶאצַּרkingמֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלmade kingהִמְלִיךְin the landבְּאֶרֶץof Judah.יְהוּדָה
king
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsZedekiah
Zedekiah: a name meaning "YHWH is righteousness." It is borne by several people, among them the prophet, son of Chenaanah, who announced a false victory to Ahab (1 Kings 22), and the last king of Judah (2 Kings 24:17).
Where else “tsidkiyahu” appearsson
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appearsJosiah
Josiah: a name that, according to the lexicon, means "founded by Yah." He is the king of Judah announced by name in 1 Kings 13:2, who reigned about three hundred years later (2 Kings 22–23); a man in Zechariah 6:10 is also called this.
Where else “yoshiyahu” appearsreign
To be king of a people, or to begin ruling it as king.
Where else “yimlach” appearsConiah
Coniah: another name of King Jehoiachin (Jeconiah).
Where else “kanyahu” appearsJehoiakim
Jehoiakim: a name meaning "YHWH raises up." The name Pharaoh Neco gave to Eliakim son of Josiah when he made him king of Judah (2 Kings 23:34-24:6). Not to be confused with his son Jehoiachin.
Where else “yehoyakim” appearsNebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar: king of Babylon who subdued Judah, took Jerusalem, burned the house of YHWH and took the people into exile (2 Kings 24-25; Jeremiah; Daniel 1-4). The Hebrew writes his name in several forms.
Where else “nevuchadretsar” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsJudah
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob and Leah; also the tribe that came from him and its land, and later the southern kingdom; King David came from it. The name sounds like "give thanks". Borne also by other Israelites.
Where else “yehuda” appearsBabylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
1 · This verse (above)
2But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of YHWH that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.
