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Zedekiah. Zedekiah was twenty one years old when he ascended the shaky throne of Judah, in the year 3327. He was put on the throne by the grace of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, whose power extended over Judah and all neighboring countries after his victory over Pharaoh Necho of Egypt, at Carchemish. Zedekiah, whose name was Mattaniah before ...
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Zedekiah. Zedekiah[a] (/ zɛdɪˈkaɪə /) was the twentieth and final King of Judah before the destruction of Jerusalem 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 ...
Jun 22, 2022 · Answer. Zedekiah was the last king of Judah and was king when Jerusalem and the temple were destroyed by Babylon in 586 BC and the majority of the people were carried into exile. The story of Zedekiah is told in 2 Kings 24–25, 2 Chronicles 36, and the book of Jeremiah. Zedekiah’s original name was Mattaniah.
Apr 15, 2024 · Updated Apr 15, 2024. Zedekiah, originally named Mattaniah, was the last king of Judah, appointed by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. His reign is recorded in various biblical texts, including 2 Kings, 2 Chronicles, and the Book of Jeremiah. Zedekiah's rule lasted eleven years, during a period marked by political instability and spiritual decline.
After the burning of the Temple, the walls of Jerusalem were torn down. But some of the poorest in the land were left by the chief of guards to be vine-dressers and field hands (II Kgs. 25:12). In contrast to II Chronicles, that has nothing to report of what happened to Zedekiah, II Kings is quite specific about him. When the walls of Jerusalem
In the ninth year of Zedekiah’s rule a Babylonian army laid siege to Jerusalem after he had conspired to revolt against the Babylonians with Egypt’s help. During the siege the prophet Jeremiah ( q.v. ) urged patient submission to the dominion of the Babylonians, which he regarded as the will of God, but royal officials and Jewish notables denounced him and he was accused of desertion and ...
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The Last King of Judea. The last king of Judea was an essentially righteous man caught in the vice of almost irresistible forces unleashed by earlier generations. Although the destruction came in his day, he gained a measure of spiritual and even physical redemption before he died many years later. The last king of Judea was Zedekiah.
