צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ

tsid.qiy.yahZedekiah
hebrewOld TestamentName of a man63 occurrences6 books62 verses
This name belongs to 6 different people in the Bible:
  • Zedekiah: Son of Jeconiah, king of Judah
  • Zedekiah: False prophet who opposed Micaiah
  • Zedekiah: Last king of Judah before the Babylonian exile
  • Zedekiah: False prophet in Babylon during the exile
  • Zedekiah: Official during the reign of King Jehoiakim
  • Zedekiah: Priest who sealed the covenant with Nehemiah

Definition

or צִדְקִיָּהוּ; from H6664 and H3050; right of Jah; Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites
Traditional renderings: Zedekiah, Zidkijah.

Glossary entries

Zedekiah Jehoiakim Mattaniah Zidkijah

Where it occurs

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Occurrences

63 total
  1. 1 Kings 22:11צִדְקִיָּ֥ה · Now Zedekiah
    Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
  2. 1 Kings 22:24צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ · Then Zedekiah
    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
  3. 2 Kings 24:17צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃פ · to Zedekiah
    Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
  4. 2 Kings 24:18צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ · Zedekiah
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Hamutal daughter of Jeremiah; she was from Libnah.
  5. 2 Kings 24:20צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ · And Zedekiah also
    For because of the anger of the LORD, all this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until He finally banished them from His presence. And Zedekiah also rebelled against the king of Babylon.
  6. 2 Kings 25:2צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ · Zedekiah’s
    And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
  7. 2 Kings 25:7 (2×)צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ · of Zedekiah; צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ · [his]
    And they slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then they put out his eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
  8. 1 Chronicles 3:15צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ · Zedekiah
    The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.
  9. 1 Chronicles 3:16צִדְקִיָּ֥ה · [and] Zedekiah
    The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.
  10. 2 Chronicles 18:10צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ · Now Zedekiah
    Now Zedekiah son of Chenaanah had made for himself iron horns and declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘With these you shall gore the Arameans until they are finished off.’”
  11. 2 Chronicles 18:23צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ · Then Zedekiah
    Then Zedekiah son of Chenaanah went up, struck Micaiah in the face, and demanded, “Which way did the Spirit of the LORD go when He departed from me to speak with you?”
  12. 2 Chronicles 36:10צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ · Zedekiah
    In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
  13. 2 Chronicles 36:11צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ · Zedekiah
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
  14. Nehemiah 10:1וְצִדְקִיָּֽה׃ · and also Zedekiah
    Now these were the ones who sealed the document: Nehemiah the governor, son of Hacaliah, and also Zedekiah,
  15. Jeremiah 1:3לְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ · of Zedekiah
    …and through the days of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, until the fifth month of the eleventh year of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, when the people of Jerusalem went into exile.
  16. Jeremiah 21:1צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ · Zedekiah
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD when King Zedekiah sent to him Pashhur son of Malchijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. They said,
  17. Jeremiah 21:3צִדְקִיָּֽהוּ׃ · Zedekiah
    But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that
  18. Jeremiah 21:7צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ · Zedekiah
    ‘After that,’ declares the LORD, ‘I will hand over Zedekiah king of Judah, his officers, and the people in this city who survive the plague and sword and famine, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to their enemies who seek their lives. He will put them to the sword; he will not spare them or show pity or compassion.’
  19. Jeremiah 24:8צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ · Zedekiah
    But like the bad figs, so bad they cannot be eaten,’ says the LORD, ‘so will I deal with Zedekiah king of Judah, his officials, and the remnant of Jerusalem—those remaining in this land and those living in the land of Egypt.
  20. Jeremiah 27:3צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ · Zedekiah
    Send word to the kings of Edom, Moab, Ammon, Tyre, and Sidon through the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah.
  21. Jeremiah 27:12צִדְקִיָּ֤ה · Zedekiah
    And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
  22. Jeremiah 28:1צִדְקִיָּ֣ה · Zedekiah
    In the fifth month of that same year, the fourth year, near the beginning of the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah, the prophet Hananiah son of Azzur, who was from Gibeon, said to me in the house of the LORD in the presence of the priests and all the people:
  23. Jeremiah 29:3צִדְקִיָּ֣ה · Zedekiah
    The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated:
  24. Jeremiah 29:21צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ · Zedekiah
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says about Ahab son of Kolaiah and Zedekiah son of Maaseiah, who are prophesying to you lies in My name: “I will deliver them to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he will kill them before your very eyes.
  25. Jeremiah 29:22כְּצִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ · you like Zedekiah
    Because of them, all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon will use this curse: ‘May the LORD make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire!’
  26. Jeremiah 32:1לְצִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ · of Zedekiah
    This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the tenth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, which was the eighteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar.
  27. Jeremiah 32:3צִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ · Zedekiah
    For Zedekiah king of Judah had imprisoned him, saying: “Why are you prophesying like this? You claim that the LORD says, ‘Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will capture it.
  28. Jeremiah 32:4וְצִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ · Zedekiah
    Zedekiah king of Judah will not escape from the hands of the Chaldeans, but he will surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and will speak with him face to face and see him eye to eye.
  29. Jeremiah 32:5צִדְקִיָּ֙הוּ֙ · Zedekiah
    He will take Zedekiah to Babylon, where he will stay until I attend to him, declares the LORD. If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will not succeed.’”
  30. Jeremiah 34:2צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ · Zedekiah
    The LORD, the God of Israel, told Jeremiah to go and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah and tell him that this is what the LORD says: “Behold, I am about to deliver this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will burn it down.
  31. Jeremiah 34:4צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ · O Zedekiah
    Yet hear the word of the LORD, O Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the LORD says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;
  32. Jeremiah 34:6צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ · Zedekiah
    In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
  33. Jeremiah 34:8צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ · Zedekiah
    After King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to proclaim liberty, the word came to Jeremiah from the LORD
  34. Jeremiah 34:21צִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ · Zedekiah
    And I will deliver Zedekiah king of Judah and his officials into the hands of their enemies who seek their lives, to the army of the king of Babylon that had withdrawn from you.
  35. Jeremiah 36:12וְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ · Zedekiah
    …he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.
  36. Jeremiah 37:1צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ · {made} Zedekiah
    Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
  37. Jeremiah 37:3צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ · Zedekiah
    Yet King Zedekiah sent Jehucal son of Shelemiah and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet with the message, “Please pray to the LORD our God for us!”
  38. Jeremiah 37:17צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ · Zedekiah
    Later, King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah and received him in his palace, where he asked him privately, “Is there a word from the LORD?” “There is,” Jeremiah replied. “You will be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.”
  39. Jeremiah 37:18צִדְקִיָּ֑הוּ · Zedekiah
    Then Jeremiah asked King Zedekiah, “How have I sinned against you or your servants or these people, that you have put me in prison?
  40. Jeremiah 37:21צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ · Zedekiah
    So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in the city was gone. So Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard.
  41. Jeremiah 38:5צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ · Zedekiah
    “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
  42. Jeremiah 38:14צִדְקִיָּ֗הוּ · Zedekiah
    Then King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance to the house of the LORD. “I am going to ask you something,” said the king to Jeremiah. “Do not hide anything from me.”
  43. Jeremiah 38:15צִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ
    “If I tell you,” Jeremiah replied, “you will surely put me to death. And even if I give you advice, you will not listen to me.”
  44. Jeremiah 38:16צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ · Zedekiah
    But King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has given us this life, I will not kill you, nor will I deliver you into the hands of these men who are seeking your life.”
  45. Jeremiah 38:17צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּ · Zedekiah
    Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “This is what the LORD God of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: ‘If you indeed surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then you will live, this city will not be burned down, and you and your household will survive.
  46. Jeremiah 38:19צִדְקִיָּ֖הוּ · Zedekiah
    But King Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “I am afraid of the Jews who have deserted to the Chaldeans, for the Chaldeans may deliver me into their hands to abuse me.”
  47. Jeremiah 38:24צִדְקִיָּ֜הוּ · Then Zedekiah
    Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
  48. Jeremiah 39:1לְצִדְקִיָּ֨הוּ · of Zedekiah
    In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army and laid siege to the city.
  49. Jeremiah 39:2לְצִדְקִיָּ֔הוּ · of Zedekiah’s
    And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.