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Zedekiah (zĕd'əkī`ə), 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 Nebuchadnezzar , d. 562 B.C., king of Babylonia (c.605–562 B.C.), son and successor of Nabopolassar. In his father's reign he was sent to oppose the Egyptians, who were occupying W Syria and Palestine. At Carchemish he met and defeated (605 B.C. 2 False prophet of Ahab. 3 Hebrew false prophet in Babylonia. 4 Prince of Judah. Zedekiah Old Testament the last king of Judah, who died in captivity at Babylon Zedekiah eyes put out for revolting against Nebuchadnezzar. [O.T.: II Kings 25:7] See : Blindness Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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