Zedekiah

• Reign of Zedekiahc. 597 BC

Zedekiah· Jehoiakim· Mattaniah

Father

Josiah

Mother

Hamutal

Siblings

Jehoahaz· Jehoiakim· Shallum

• יְהוֹיָקִים·Jehoiakimmeans “avenging, or establishing, or resurrection, of the Lord”
• מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ·Mattaniahmeans “gift, or hope, of the Lord”
• צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ·Zedekiah

Includes 17 verses that refer to Zedekiah without naming them, as “he”, “she”, or the subject of a verb.

1. 2 Kings 24:17מַתַּנְיָ֫הוּ · Mattaniah; צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
   Then the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place and changed his name to Zedekiah.
2. 2 Kings 24:18צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
3. 2 Kings 24:19Referred to, not named
   And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
4. 2 Kings 24:20צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
   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.
5. 2 Kings 25:1Referred to, not named
   So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
6. 2 Kings 25:2צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
   And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
7. 2 Kings 25:7צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
   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 3:15צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
   The sons of Josiah: Johanan was the firstborn, Jehoiakim the second, Zedekiah the third, and Shallum the fourth.
9. 2 Chronicles 36:10צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
10. 2 Chronicles 36:11צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.
11. 2 Chronicles 36:12Referred to, not named
    And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God and did not humble himself before Jeremiah the prophet, who spoke for the LORD.
12. 2 Chronicles 36:13Referred to, not named
    He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God. But Zedekiah stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD, the God of Israel.
13. Jeremiah 1:3צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
14. Jeremiah 21:1צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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,
15. Jeremiah 21:3צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that
16. Jeremiah 21:4Referred to, not named
    …this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘I will turn against you the weapons of war in your hands, with which you are fighting the king of Babylon and the Chaldeans who besiege you outside the wall, and I will assemble their forces in the center of this city.
17. Jeremiah 21:5Referred to, not named
    And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.
18. Jeremiah 21:7צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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 24:8צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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 24:9Referred to, not named
    I will make them a horror and an offense to all the kingdoms of the earth, a disgrace and an object of scorn, ridicule, and cursing wherever I have banished them.
21. Jeremiah 24:10Referred to, not named
    And I will send against them sword and famine and plague, until they have perished from the land that I gave to them and their fathers.’”
22. Jeremiah 27:1יְהוֹיָקִים · Jehoiakim
    At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
23. Jeremiah 27:3צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
24. Jeremiah 27:12צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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!
25. Jeremiah 27:13Referred to, not named
    Why should you and your people die by sword and famine and plague, as the LORD has decreed against any nation that does not serve the king of Babylon?
26. Jeremiah 27:14Referred to, not named
    Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
27. Jeremiah 27:15Referred to, not named
    For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
28. Jeremiah 28:1צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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:
29. Jeremiah 29:3צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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:
30. Jeremiah 32:1צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
31. Jeremiah 32:3צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
32. Jeremiah 32:4צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
33. Jeremiah 32:5צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.’”
34. Jeremiah 34:2צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
35. Jeremiah 34:3Referred to, not named
    And you yourself will not escape his grasp, but will surely be captured and delivered into his hand. You will see the king of Babylon eye to eye and speak with him face to face; and you will go to Babylon.
36. Jeremiah 34:4צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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;
37. Jeremiah 34:5Referred to, not named
    …you will die in peace. As spices were burned for your fathers, the former kings who preceded you, so people will burn spices for you and lament, ‘Alas, O master!’ For I Myself have spoken this word, declares the LORD.”
38. Jeremiah 34:6צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    In Jerusalem, then, Jeremiah the prophet relayed all these words to Zedekiah king of Judah
39. Jeremiah 34:8צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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
40. Jeremiah 34:21צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
41. Jeremiah 37:1צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
42. Jeremiah 37:3צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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!”
43. Jeremiah 37:17צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.”
44. Jeremiah 37:18צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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?
45. Jeremiah 37:21צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
46. Jeremiah 38:5צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    “Here he is,” replied King Zedekiah. “He is in your hands, since the king can do nothing to stop you.”
47. Jeremiah 38:14צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.”
48. Jeremiah 38:15צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    “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.”
49. Jeremiah 38:16צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.”
50. Jeremiah 38:17צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
51. Jeremiah 38:18Referred to, not named
    But if you do not surrender to the officers of the king of Babylon, then this city will be delivered into the hands of the Chaldeans. They will burn it down, and you yourself will not escape their grasp.’”
52. Jeremiah 38:19צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.”
53. Jeremiah 38:24צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    Then Zedekiah warned Jeremiah, “Do not let anyone know about this conversation, or you will die.
54. Jeremiah 38:25Referred to, not named
    If the officials hear that I have spoken with you, and they come and demand of you, ‘Tell us what you said to the king and what he said to you; do not hide it from us, or we will kill you,’
55. Jeremiah 39:1צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
56. Jeremiah 39:2צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    And on the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah’s eleventh year, the city was breached.
57. Jeremiah 39:4צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled. They left the city at night by way of the king’s garden, through the gate between the two walls, and they went out along the route to the Arabah.
58. Jeremiah 39:5צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. They seized him and brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he pronounced judgment on him.
59. Jeremiah 39:6צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the nobles of Judah.
60. Jeremiah 39:7צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.
61. Jeremiah 44:30צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
62. Jeremiah 49:34צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet concerning Elam at the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah.
63. Jeremiah 51:59צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.
64. Jeremiah 52:1צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · 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.
65. Jeremiah 52:2Referred to, not named
    And Zedekiah did evil in the sight of the LORD, just as Jehoiakim had done.
66. Jeremiah 52:3צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    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.
67. Jeremiah 52:4Referred to, not named
    So in the ninth year of Zedekiah’s reign, on the tenth day of the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his entire army. They encamped outside the city and built a siege wall all around it.
68. Jeremiah 52:5צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    And the city was kept under siege until King Zedekiah’s eleventh year.
69. Jeremiah 52:8צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    …but the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and his whole army deserted him.
70. Jeremiah 52:10צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    There at Riblah the king of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and he also killed all the officials of Judah.
71. Jeremiah 52:11צִדְקִיָּ֫הוּ · Zedekiah
    Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon, where he kept him in custody until his dying day.