The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's uncle, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah — Nebuchadnezzar installs Mattaniah (מַתַּנְיָה, *Mattanyah*), Jehoiachin's uncle, as a vassal king, renaming him Zedekiah (צִדְקִיָּה, *Tzidkiyyah*). The name change represents imperial control: even the king's identity becomes subject to Babylonian authority. Zedekiah becomes the final king of Judah, a puppet ruler with no genuine autonomy.

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