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Zedekiah

The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother’s name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31; 24:17, 18). His original name was Mattaniah; but when Nebuchadnezzar placed him on the throne as the successor to Jehoiachin he changed his name to Zedekiah. The prophet Jeremiah was his counsellor, yet “he did evil in the sight of the Lord” (2 Kings 24:19, 20; Jer. 52:2, 3). He ascended the throne at the age of twenty-one years. The kingdom was at that time tributary to Nebuchadnezzar; but, despite the strong remonstrances of Jeremiah and others, as well as the example of Jehoiachin, he threw off the yoke of Babylon, and entered into an alliance with Hophra, king of Egypt. This brought up Nebuchadnezzar, “with all his host” (2 King 25:1), against Jerusalem. During this siege, which lasted about eighteen months, “every worst woe befell the devoted city, which drank the cup of God’s fury to the dregs” (2 Kings 25:3; Lam. 4:4, 5, 10). The city was plundered and laid in ruins. Zedekiah and his followers, attempting to escape, were made captive and taken to Riblah. There, after seeing his own children put to death, his own eyes were put out, and, being loaded with chains, he was carried captive (B.C. 588) to Babylon (2 Kings 25:1-7; 2 Chr. 36:12; Jer. 32:4, 5; 34:2, 3; 39:1-7; 52:4-11; Ezek. 12:12), where he remained a prisoner, how long is unknown, to the day of his death.

After the fall of Jerusalem, Nebuzaraddan was sent to carry out its complete destruction. The city was razed to the ground. Only a small number of vinedressers and husbandmen were permitted to remain in the land (Jer. 52:16). Gedaliah, with a Chaldean guard stationed at Mizpah, ruled over Judah (2 Kings 25:22, 24; jer. 40:1, 2, 5, 6).

Male Born: 628 BC

People and places

Siblings: Jehoahaz (KI2 23:30)

Half-siblings: Jehoiakim, Johanan (CH1 3:15)

Mother: Hamutal

Father: Josiah (KI1 13:2)

Born in: Jerusalem

Died in: Babylon

Recorded scripture occurrences (52)

References recorded in the source data; this is not an exhaustive list of mentions.

Show passage in OET: KI2 24:17

OET-RV KI2 24:17

17 Then the Babylonian king appointed Yehoyakin’s uncle Matanyah as king in his place and he changed his name to Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah).

OET-LV KI2 24:17

17 And_ the_king_of Bāⱱel _he_made_king DOM Mattanyāh uncle_of_his in_place_of_him and_he_changed DOM his/its_name Tsidqiyyāh/(Zedekiah).
Show passage in OET: KI2 24:18

OET-RV KI2 24:18

18 Tsidkiyah (Zedekiah) was twenty-one when he became king and he reigned from Yerushalem (Jerusalem) for eleven years. (His mother was Yirmiyah’s (Jeremiah’s) daughter Hamutal from Livnah.)

OET-LV KI2 24:18

18 Was_a_son_of twenty and_one year[s] Tsidqiyyāh when_he_became_king and_one_plus ten year[s] he_reigned in_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_name_of his/its_mother was_Ḩₐmūţal the_daughter_of Yirməyāh/(Jeremiah) from_Liⱱnāh.
Show passage in OET: KI2 24:20

OET-RV KI2 24:20

20 Because Yahweh was still very angry, he had the people of Yerushalem and all Yehudah (Judah) driven away out of his sight.
 ¶ Then Tsidkiyah rebelled against the Babylonian king.

OET-LV KI2 24:20

20 If/because on the_anger of_YHWH it_happened in_Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) and_in_Yəhūdāh/(Judah) until he_threw_out DOM_them from_under his/its_faces/face and_ Tsidqiyyāh _he_rebelled against_the_king_of Bāⱱel.

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JER: all 44 recorded references

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Words tagged with this person or place

These links follow the source-word tags and may include pronouns. Tagging is not exhaustive.

KI2: 5 tagged passages

KI2 24:17: צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ

KI2 24:18: צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ

KI2 24:20: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

KI2 25:2: צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ

KI2 25:7: צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ · צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙

CH1: 1 tagged passages

CH1 3:15: צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ

CH2: 2 tagged passages

CH2 36:10: צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ

CH2 36:11: צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ

JER: 44 tagged passages

JER 1:3: לְ,צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ

JER 21:1: צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ

JER 21:3: צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ

JER 21:7: צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ

JER 24:8: צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ

JER 27:3: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 27:12: צִדְקִיָּ֤ה

JER 28:1: צִדְקִיָּ֣ה

JER 29:3: צִדְקִיָּ֣ה

JER 32:1: לְ,צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 32:3: צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ

JER 32:4: וְ,צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙

JER 32:5: צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ֙

JER 34:2: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 34:4: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 34:6: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 34:8: צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ

JER 34:21: צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ

JER 37:1: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 37:3: צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ

JER 37:17: צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ

JER 37:18: צִדְקִיָּ֑הוּ

JER 37:21: צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ

JER 38:5: צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ

JER 38:14: צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ

JER 38:15: צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ

JER 38:16: צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ

JER 38:17: צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּ

JER 38:19: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 38:24: צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ

JER 39:1: לְ,צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ

JER 39:2: לְ,צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ

JER 39:4: צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ

JER 39:5: צִדְקִיָּהוּ֮

JER 39:6: צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ

JER 44:30: צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ

JER 49:34: צִדְקִיָּ֥ה

JER 51:59: צִדְקִיָּ֤הוּ

JER 52:1: צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ

JER 52:3: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 52:5: צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ

JER 52:8: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 52:10: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

JER 52:11: צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ

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