Biblical figure; last monarch of the Kingdom of Judah
For the High Priest of Solomon's Temple, see Zedekiah (High Priest). For the given name, see Zedekiah (name).
Not to be confused with Hezekiah.
Zedekiah
Zedekiah from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum, 1553
King of Judah
Reign
597–586 BC
Predecessor
Jehoiachin
Successor
Monarchy abolished
Born
c. 618 BC Jerusalem, Kingdom of Judah
Died
After 586 BC Babylon, Neo-Babylonian Empire
House
House of David
Father
Josiah
Mother
Hamutal
Zedekiah[a] (/zɛdɪˈkaɪə/) was the twentieth and final King of Judah before the conquest of the kingdom by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. His birth name was Mattaniah/Mattanyahu (Hebrew: מַתַּנְיָהוּ, Mattanyāhū, "Gift of God"; Greek: Μαθθανίας; Latin: Matthanias).
After the siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC, Nebuchadnezzar II deposed king Jeconiah and installed his uncle Mattanyahu instead, changing his name to Zedekiah (2 Kings 24:17). The prophet Jeremiah was his counselor, yet he did not heed the prophet and his epitaph is "he did evil in the sight of the Lord" (2 Kings 24:19–20; Jeremiah 52:2–3).
William F. Albright dates the start of Zedekiah's reign to 598 BC, while Edwin R. Thiele gives the start in 597 BC.[1] On that reckoning, Zedekiah was born in c. 617 BC or 618 BC, being twenty-one on becoming king. Zedekiah's reign ended with the siege and fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar II, which has been dated to 587 or 586 BC.[2]
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^Edwin Thiele, The Mysterious Numbers of the Hebrew Kings, (1st ed.; New York: Macmillan, 1951; 2d ed.; Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1965; 3rd ed.; Grand Rapids: Zondervan/Kregel, 1983). ISBN 0-8254-3825-X, 9780825438257, 217.
^Robb Andrew Young (3 May 2012). Hezekiah in History and Tradition. BRILL. p. 18. ISBN 978-90-04-21608-2.
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