Zedekiah
Sign in to saveZedekiah ( ; born Mattaniah;, Hebrew: צִדְקִיָּהוּ, romanized: Ṣiḏqîyāhū, "Yah is righteousness", 618 BC – after 586 BC) was the twentieth and final King of Judah before the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Zedekiah
- Royalty.image
- Zedekiah.png
- Royalty.caption
- Zedekiah from Guillaume Rouillé's Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum, 1553
- Royalty.succession
- King of Judah
- Royalty.reign
- 597–586 BC
- Royalty.birth_name
- Mattaniah
- Royalty.birth_date
- 618 BC
- Royalty.birth_place
- Jerusalem, Kingdom of Judah
- Royalty.death_date
- After 586 BC
- Royalty.death_place
- Babylon, Neo-Babylonian Empire
- Royalty.predecessor
- Jehoiachin
- Royalty.successor
- Monarchy abolished
- Royalty.royal house
- House of David
- Royalty.father
- Josiah
- Royalty.mother
- Hamutal
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12 sectionsContents
- Background
- Life and reign
- In the Book of Jeremiah
- Aftermath
- Chronological dispute
- Talmud
- Book of Mormon
- Genealogical note
- In films
- See also
- Notes
- References
Zedekiah ( ; born Mattaniah;, Hebrew: צִדְקִיָּהוּ, romanized: Ṣiḏqîyāhū, "Yah is righteousness", 618 BC – after 586 BC) was the twentieth and final King of Judah before the destruction of Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon.
After the siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC, Nebuchadnezzar II deposed king Jeconiah and installed his uncle Mattaniah instead, changing his name to Zedekiah (). The prophet Jeremiah was his counselor, yet he did not heed the prophet and his epitaph is "he did evil in the sight of the Lord" (; ).