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Zedekiah

Old Testament the last king of Judah, who died in captivity at Babylon
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Zedekiah

eyes put out for revolting against Nebuchadnezzar. [O.T.: II Kings 25:7]
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In addition, Alsheich visited the Border Police officer who was wounded by shrapnel in the eye during the attack that took place in Zedekiah's Cave in the Hadassah Ein Karem hospital in Jerusalem.
(2) Of course, this formulation of the prophecy was fulfilled, since the monarchy ended after Zedekiah.
The prophet Jeremiah urged Zedekiah to follow God's plans, but the king continued to rebel (Jeremiah 27,34).
The name of my great ancestor was Stephen Rodger, and in Hebrew they called him Zedekiah. He was a High Priest in the temple of Jerusalem and his duties were to look after one of the curtain gates in the temple of Jerusalem and also to burn offerings and sacrifices in the temple.
What makes this land deal even more bizarre is the historical setting that we read at the opening: the tenth year of King Zedekiah of Judah (a puppet king) and the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar (the real and foreign king).
Familiar figures like Grant, Sherman, Pemberton, and Forrest are included, along with more obscure individuals like Zedekiah McDaniel and John Gregg.
From the Hebrew Bible too there is evidence for the routine practice of destroying the sight of enemies: the Philistines bored out the eyes of Samson (Judges 16:21), King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon blinded the captive Hebrew monarch Zedekiah (2 Kings 25:7), and Nahash the Ammonite demanded as a condition of surrender that he should thrust out the right eye of every man of Jabesh-Gilead as a reproach to his Israelite enemies (2 Samuel 9:2).
On the contrary, in the report of Nebuchadnezzar's second campaign against Judah in the year 586, which ended with the conquest of Jerusalem, the looting of the Temple, and a mass deportation, it is not concealed that the sons of the Judaean king Zedekiah were killed before their father, that his eyes were put out, and that he was led in chains to Babylon.
Musical selections will include Verdi's La Traviata in Zedekiah's Cave, June 6 to 14, a 60-minute performance highlighting the opera featuring members of the Israeli Opera and local musicians; La Bohme, Sept.
In Chapter 27 of Jeremiah, the prophet urges the denizens of Judah and King Zedekiah to "put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon" otherwise "you will die together with your people." In other words, the Babylonians are God's tool to chastise Israel.
HEARTS' Ugandan strike star David Obua has been hailed by Kenya manager Zedekiah Otieno as one of the best strikers in Africa.
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