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Matthew Poole and continuators on 2 Kings 24:17

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2 Kings24:17

17 ¶ And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his fathers brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah .

That he might admonish h[illegible: 1+ letters]m of (what this Name signifies) the justice of God, which had so severely Punished Iehojakim for his Rebellion; and would no less certainly overtake him, if he should be guilty of the same Rebellion and Perfidiousness, of which his Predecessor was guilty.

Marginal references: [illegible: 1 word] 37. 1.; 1 Chron. 3. [illegible: 1 word]

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