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2 Kings 24:17

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The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, [Jehoiachin's] father's brother, king is his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.

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Maps for this passage

The Babylonian and Persian EmpiresThe Babylonian and Persian empires that carried Judah into exile and later allowed the return.
The Assyrian and Babylonian ExileThe kingdoms of Judah and Israel with the routes of the Assyrian and Babylonian captivities.

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Places in this passage

2 Kings 24:17 mentions Ammon, Babylon, Brook of Egypt, Chaldea, Egypt, Euphrates, Jerusalem, Moab and Syria.

Ammon · Berthold Werner
Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Brook of Egypt · اسماء البيك
Chaldea · M.Lubinski from Iraq,USA.

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