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Jeremiah Advises Zedekiah - King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Zedekiah, son of Josiah, to be king of Judah. Zedekiah succeeded Jehoiakin, son of Jehoiakim. But Zedekiah, his administrators, and the common people didn’t listen to what the LORD had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah. King Zedekiah sent Jehucal (son of Shelemiah) and the priest Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah) to the prophet ...
Zedekiah. In the Old Testament, the last king of Judah ( 2 Kgs. 24:17–20; 25:2–7 ). Zedekiah imprisoned the prophet Jeremiah ( Jer. 32:1–5 ), and Jeremiah prophesied Zedekiah’s captivity ( Jer. 34:2–8, 21 ). Lehi and his family lived in Jerusalem during the first year of the reign of Zedekiah ( 1 Ne. 1:4 ). All but one of the sons of ...
Zedekiah is, indeed, called the brother of his predecessor Jehoiachin ( 2Ch 36:10 ); but the word must be used in an indefinite sense, for he certainly was his uncle. His mother was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnab; so that he was full brother of Jehoahaz ( 2Ki 23:31; 2Ki 24:18 ). His original name had been Mattaniah, which was ...
Zedekiah King of Judah - Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah. He did evil in the eyes of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done. It was because of the LORD’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence ...
Zed´uh-ki´uh; Heb., “Yah [weh] is righteousness”. 1 The last king of Judah, who was placed on the throne as a puppet ruler by Nebuchadnezzar after his first conquest of Jerusalem in 597 BCE ( 2Kgs 24:17 ). In spite of the repeated warnings and criticisms by the prophet Jeremiah, Zedekiah rebelled against his Babylonian overlords ( 2Kgs 24 ...
Nov 8, 2019 · We read more about Zedekiah in the book of Jeremiah, where we see that he often heard from Jeremiah, although he was not willing to heed the prophet’s warnings (e.g., Jer. 37–38). Among other things, Zedekiah is known for proclaiming the Year of Jubilee only to later go back on his word (34:8–22; see Lev. 25:1–22).
Zedekiah (Hebrew: יוֹאָשׁ Ṣiḏqîyāhū, "Yah is righteousness") was the High Priest of Solomon's Temple that succeeded Pediah. According to Josephus Zedekiah (Sudeas) was the son of Pediah (Phideas). [1]
