Zedekiah

Zedekiah

Zedekiah , in the Bible. 1 Last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah to occupy the throne, the others being Jehoahaz and Jehoiakim. Zedekiah, whose name was originally Mattaniah, succeeded Jehoiachin. He was set on the throne as the puppet of Nebuchadnezzar , but he allowed the patriot party to sway him into allying himself with the Egyptian pharaoh Apries (Hophra). This violated an agreement with Nebuchadnezzar, and the Chaldaeans came to Palestine and destroyed the kingdom of Judah. Zedekiah was carried with his people into captivity in Babylonia. Jeremiah was contemporary with Zedekiah. 2 False prophet of Ahab. 3 Hebrew false prophet in Babylonia. 4 Prince of Judah.

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Zedekiah The last king of Judah, placed on the throne by the Babylonian conqueror Nebuchadnezzar in 597 bce (2 Kgs. 24: 17).Jeremiah advised him to live and reign under Babylonian rule—but he rebelled; Jerusalem was again besieged and captured, and Zedekiah was taken in chains to Babylon (2 Kgs. 25: 6–7), where he was forced to witness the murder of his sons before his eyes were put out.

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Zedekiah in the Bible, the last king of Judaea, who rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar and was carried off to Babylon into captivity (2 Kings 24–5, 2 Chronicles 36).

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "Zedekiah." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 11 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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