Mattaniah, son of Josiah and brother of Jehoahaz, but thirteen years his junior, adopted a name significant of the blessings promised by Jeremiah t…

Mattaniah his father’s brother. —He was the third son of Josiah (Jeremiah 37:1), and full brother of Jehoahaz-Shallum …

And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother
king in his stead
The thi…

Jehoiachin reigned only three months, yet long enough to show that he justly suffered for his fathers' sins, because he followed in their steps. Hi…