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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 (nĕb'əkədnĕz`ər), d. 562 B.C., king of Babylonia (c.605–562 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 How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The king of Judah at the time, Zedekiah (Tsidqiyahu, "YHWH is my righteousness") had utterly failed to live up to the name that the Babylonian king [ For, do but Date the Captivity, Stylo Novo: instead of By the Rivers of Babylon read, In a Land of Confusion, (a Babel in our own Countrey:) Shift you [sic] Pious Thoughts from the Monarch of Jerusalem, to the Memory of our Own Soveraign, a Greater, a Better than Zedekiah, (the Mirrour of Princes, the Noblest of Martyrs, the Wonder of Ages, and the Honour of Men:). [13] The invading army captured and blindfolded the last king of Judah, Zedekiah, and took him off in chains to Babylon. |
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