Zedekiah
And afterward, saith the LORD, I will deliver Zedekiah king of
Judah, and his servants, and the people, and such as are left
in this city from the pestilence, from the sword, and from the
famine, into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, and
into the hand of their enemies, and into the hand of those
that seek their life: and he shall sm...
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Thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will give Pharaohhophra king of
Egypt into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of them
that seek his life; as I gave Zedekiah king of Judah into the
hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon, his enemy, and that
sought his life....
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And Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape out of the hand of
the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of
the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth,
and his eyes shall behold his eyes;...
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Zedekiah or Tzidkiyahu (Hebrew: צִדְקִיָּהוּ, Modern Tsidkiyyahu
Tiberian Ṣiḏqiyyā́hû ; "My righteousness is Yahweh"; Greek:
Ζεδεκίας, Zedekías; Latin: Sedecias) was the last king of
Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon. He was
installed as king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar II, king of
Babylon, after a siege of Jerusalem to suc...
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zed-e-ki'-a (tsidhqiyahu, tsidhqiyah, "Yah my
righteousness"; Sedekia, Sedekias):
(1) The son of Chenaanah (1 Ki 22:11,24; 2 Ch 18:10,23).
Zedekiah was apparently the leader and spokesman of the 400
prophets attached to the court in Samaria whom Ahab summoned
in response to Jehoshaphat's request that a prophet of
Yahweh should be consulted con...
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-1. Made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
2Ki 24:17,18; 1Ch 3:15; 2Ch 36:10; Jer 37:1
Throws off his allegiance to Nebuchadnezzar
2Ki 24:20; 2Ch 36:13; Jer 52:3; Eze 17:12-21
Forms an alliance with the king of Egypt
Eze 17:11-18
The allegiance denounced
By Jeremiah
2Ch 36:12; Jer 21; 24:8-10; 27:12-22; 32:3-5; 34;
37:7-10,17; 38:14-28
By E...
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(justice of Jehovah).
1. The last king of Judah and Jerusalem. He was the
son of Josiah by his wife Hamutal, and therefore own brother
to Jehoahaz. 2Ki 24:18 comp. 2Kin 23:31
His original name was Mattaniah, which was changed
to Zedekiah by Nebuchadnezzar when he carried off his nephew
Jehoiachim to Babylon and left him on the throne of
Jeru...
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righteousness of Jehovah. (1.) 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 ...
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1. Judah's last king, 599 to 588 B.C. (See JEREMIAH.)
Youngest son of Josiah and Hamutal (Jeremiah 1:3; Jeremiah
37:1), brother to Jehoahaz (2 Kings 24:17-18; 2 Kings
23:31). Ten years old when his father died, 21 when he
mounted the throne. Originally named Mattaniah;
Nebuchadnezzar changed his name to Zedekiah when he deposed
Zedekiah's nep...
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the Lord is my justice; the justice of the Lord...
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