1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| II Kings 24:17 | *And he appointed Matthanias, his uncle, in his stead: and called his name Sedecias. Jeremias 37:1.; Jeremias 52:1. | Uncle, the third son of Josias, who was placed on the throne. (Haydock) --- The eldest, (Menochius) called Johanan, seems to have died in his youth. (Calmet) --- Sedecias means, "the justice of God," (Tirinus) as Nabuchodonosor had adjured him, or made him swear by God; (2 Paralipomenon 36:15.; Haydock) and thus insinuated, that, if he proved faithless, he should feel the effects of God's justice, as it happened. (Tirinus) |