öland
Öland , narrow island (1995 pop. 25,690), 520 sq mi (1,347 sq km), Kalmar co., SE Sweden, in the Baltic Sea, separated from mainland Sweden by the Kalmarsund. Borgholm is the chief town; there are many summer resorts on the island. Sugar beets, cereals, and vegetables are grown, and cattle are raised. Cement making and quarrying are important industries. The island also has some industries and a fishing fleet. Öland has numerous monuments dating from the Stone Age and was first mentioned in the 8th cent. It has often been a battleground in the frequent wars among the Scandinavian countries.
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Zedekiah's Cave: The silence below the bustle
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 4/2/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...fallen in during an earlier age. This is Zedekiah's Cave, a quarry originally cut from...this cave, legend indicates, that King Zedekiah, the last king of Judah, tried to escape...near Jericho to the place from which Zedekiah emerged. The second book of Kings details...
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Zedekiah's Fate and the Dynastic Succession
Magazine article from: Journal of Biblical Literature; 10/1/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...Learning: ... denotes formula omitted.) Zedekiah's fate has not aroused much scholarly discussion. This is surprising because Zedekiah was Judah's last king and therefore...David's throne. As a son of Josiah, Zedekiah would represent the Davidic dynastic...
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Seal of King Zedekiah's minister uncovered in J'lem dig
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/1/2008; ; 653 words
; ...08-01-2008 Headline: Seal of King Zedekiah's minister uncovered in J'lem dig...belonging to a minister of the Biblical King Zedekiah which dates back 2,600 years has been...Pashur, who served as minister to King Zedekiah (597- 586 BCE) according to the Book...
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Zedekiah in the Book of Jeremiah: On the formation of a biblical character
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 10/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...way the authors of Chronicles described Zedekiah; he was an evil ruler, and particularly...Jeremiah, we discover that the judgment on Zedekiah was not always so harsh. The verdict...focuses on the various evaluations of Zedekiah by the authors involved in the formation...
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Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem
Magazine article from: The Catholic Biblical Quarterly; 1/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; MARK RONCACE, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the Fall of Jerusalem (Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament...and from their interactions with other characters. Jeremiah and Zedekiah emerge as complex and ambiguous characters in this narrative...
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Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the fall of Jerusalem.(book)(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Reference & Research Book News; 2/1/2006; 491 words
; ...20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) 056702671X Jeremiah, Zedekiah, and the fall of Jerusalem. Roncace, Mark. T&T...It depicts the dynamic interactions between Jeremiah and Zedekiah through the vicissitudes of their personal lives and public...
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Kyd's The Spanish Tragedy.(Thomas Kyd)(Critical essay)
Magazine article from: The Explicator; 3/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...relate Hieronimo to the biblical King Zedekiah and the prophet Jeremiah to provide further...Furthermore, Richard Hillman suggests that Zedekiah, the last Davidic king before the Babylonian...punishment for his revolt against Babylon, Zedekiah was forced by King Nebuchadnezzar to...
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Great morons of the Bible
Newspaper article from: Redlands Daily Facts; 7/19/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...Kings 12.) Rehoboam's unwise descendant, Zedekiah, fared even worse. King Zedekiah became the last king of Israel when his nephew...began in the days of Jehoiachin's father, Zedekiah's brother, King Jehoiakim. Enthroned as...
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First Sunday in Advent November 30, 2003.(Preaching Helps)
Magazine article from: Currents in Theology and Mission; 10/1/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...arrest in the court of the guard of King Zedekiah, during the siege of Jerusalem, because...changes remarkably. Apparently, King Zedekiah tried desperately to build morale during...All is not lost!"' (p. 164) Zedekiah and Jeremiah illustrate the difference...
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The lessons of Tisha Be'av
Newspaper article from: Jerusalem Post; 8/12/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...protectorate with its own Jewish king, Zedekiah, uncle of the deposed Jehoiachin, the...still treated in Babylon as royalty. Zedekiah ruled for nine years and then decided...expeditionary force across Sinai. It gave Zedekiah the vain hope of Egyptian help if the...
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Zedekiah
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
Zedekiah The last king of Judah , placed on the throne by the Babylonian conqueror...x2014;but he rebelled; Jerusalem was again besieged and captured, and Zedekiah was taken in chains to Babylon (2 Kgs. 25: 6–7), where...
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Jeremiah
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...submitted (597 BCE) and the puppet king Zedekiah , Jehoiachin's uncle, was installed. In the reign of Zedekiah (597–587 BCE) Jeremiah...arrested (Jer. 26: 8). But in 589 Zedekiah withheld tribute; the Babylonians marched...
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Nebuchadnezzar II
Book article from: World Encyclopedia
...in 601 bc. He occupied Judah , capturing Jerusalem in 597 bc, and installing the puppet king Zedekiah on the throne of Judah. Following Zedekiah's rebellion, Nebuchadnezzar destroyed the city and temple of Jerusalem and deported its population...
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Nebuchadnezzar
Book article from: A Dictionary of the Bible
...Assyria and Egypt ; in 597 BCE he captured Jerusalem and deported King Jehoiachin to Babylon and appointed Zedekiah in his place. When Zedekiah rebelled, Nebuchadnezzar renewed the assault on Jerusalem, destroyed the Temple, and took many of the...
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Seraiah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Seraiah , in the Bible. 1 See Shavsha . 2 High priest under Zedekiah. 3 Companion of Zedekiah. 4 Captain at Mizpah. 5 Father of Joab. 6 Grandfather of Jehu. 7 Leader in the return with Zerubbabel...
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