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Zedekiah
This article contains a free Bible Study resource on the subject of Zedekiah. It provides facts, a biography and information about this famous Biblical character for bible study. There is also reference to where Zedekiah is mentioned in the Holy Bible. 

Bible Dictionary Definition - Who was Zedekiah?
The definition and outline of Zedekiah is as follows: According to the Old Testament he was the last king of Judah before the destruction of the kingdom by Babylon.

Biography, Facts and Information about Zedekiah
The following info provides a concise biography with facts and information about Zedekiah: 
The last king of Judah. He was the third son of Josiah, and his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah, and hence he was the brother of Jehoahaz (2 Kings 23:31; 24:17,18). His original name was Mattaniah; but when Nebuchadnezzar placed him on the throne as the successor to Jehoiachin he changed his name to Zedekiah. The prophet Jeremiah was his counsellor, yet "he did evil in the sight of the Lord" (2 Kings 24:19,20; Jeremiah 52:2,3). He ascended the throne at the age of twenty-one years.

The kingdom was at that time tributary to Nebuchadnezzar; but, despite the strong remonstrances of Jeremiah and others, as well as the example of Jehoiachin, he threw off the yoke of Babylon, and entered into an alliance with Hophra, king of Egypt. This brought up Nebuchadnezzar, "with all his host" (2King 25:1), against Jerusalem. During this siege, which lasted about eighteen months, "every worst woe befell the devoted city, which drank the cup of God's fury to the dregs" (2 Kings 25:3; Lamentations 4:4,5,10). The city was plundered and laid in ruins. Zedekiah and his followers, attempting to escape, were made captive and taken to Riblah. There, after seeing his own children put to death, his own eyes were put out, and, being loaded with chains, he was carried captive (B.C. 588) to Babylon (2 Kings 25:1-7; 2Chr 36:12; Jeremiah 32:4,5; 34:2,3; 39:1-7; 52:4-11; Ezekiel 12:12), where he remained a prisoner, how long is unknown, to the day of his death.

Zedekiah
We have selected Zedekiah as one of the most important people and character from the Bible and provided a biography and character outline of this famous person. Much of the information is taken from the classic reference books including Matthew George Easton "Easton's Bible Dictionary" and Ashley S Johnson "Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia".

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