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King Zedekiah of Judah

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Pedigree
Father*King Josiah of Judah b. 648 BCE, d. 609 BCE
Mother*Hamutal (2 Kings 23)
Relationship60th great-granduncle of Robert Michael Damon
ReferenceB99-5262

Names and Titles

Variation: Mattaniah (2 Kings 24).1
Variation: Zedekiah.
Variation: King Zedekiah.2
Titled: King of Judah (Zedekiah) 597 - 586 BC.3
King Zedekiah of Judah was the son of King Josiah of Judah and Hamutal (2 Kings 23).
Kings of Israel and Judah

Date4ReferenceKing of Israel King of Judah
1050 BC Saul
1Saml 10-31



1010 BC Ish-Bosheth 2Sam 2-4 David (40 Years)5
2 Samuel, 1 Chron 11-
1003 BC David


970 BC Solomon (40 Years)6



930 BC Jeroboam I (22 Years)7
Rehoboam (17 Years)8

913 BC18th of Jeroboam9Abijah (3 Years) 10
910 BC20th of Jeroboam11 Asa (41 Years)12
909 BC2nd of Asa13 Nadab (2 Years)13
908 BC3rd of Asa14 Baasha (24 Years)14


886 BC26th of Asa15 Elah (2 Years)15
885 BC27th of Asa16 Zimri (7 Days)16
885 BC27th of Asa Tibni
Omri (12 Years)17
880 BC31st of Asa18 Omri
874 BC38th of Asa19 Ahab (22 Years)19
872 BC Asa + Jehoshaphat
869 BC4th of Ahab20 Jehoshaphat (25 Years)20
853 BC17th of Jehosophat21 Ahaziah (2 Years)21
852 BC18th of Jehosophat22 Joram (12 Years)22
848 BC5th of Joram23 Jehoram (8 Years)24
841 BC12th of Joram25 Ahaziah (1 Year)26
841 BC Jehu (28 Years)27
841 BC Queen Athaliah (7 Years)28
835 BC7th of Jehu29 Joash (40 Years)30

814 BC23rd of Joash31 Jehoahaz (17 Years)31

798 BC37th of Joash32 Jehoash (16 Years)32
796 BC2nd of Jehoash33 Amaziah (29 Years)34
793 BC Jehoash + Jeroboam II
792 BC Amaziah + Uzziah / Azeriah
782 BC15th of Amaziah35 Jeroboam II (41 Years)35
767 BC27th of Jeroboam36 Uzziah / Azeriah (52 Years)37
753 BC38th of Azariah38 Zechariah (6 Months)38
752 BC39th of Azariah39 Shallum (a Month)39
In Sameria In Gilead
752 BC39th of Azariah40 Menahem (10 Years)40
Pekah (20 Years)41


750 BC 2nd of Pekah42 Uzziah / Azeriah + Jotham
742 BC50th of Azariah41 Pekahiah (2 Years)41
740 BC52nd of Azeriah43 Pekah
740 BC Jotham (16 Years)44
735 BC17th of Pekah45 Ahaz (16 Years)46
732 BC12th of Ahaz47 Hoshea (9 Years)47
722 BC Captivity
715 BC3rd of Hoshea48 Hezekiah (29 Years)49

697 BC Hezekiah + Manasseh
686 BC Manasseh (55 Years)50



642 BC Amon (2 Years)51
640 BC Josiah (31 Years)52


609 BC King Jehoahaz of Judah (3 Months)53
609 BC Jehoiakim (11 Years)54
598 BC Jehoiachin (3 Months)55
597 BC Zedekiah (11 Years)56
586 BC Captivity

Note: Time Axis not to Scale. Some blank lines have been added to even out the scale, but scale is NOT uniform.
Year listed is the date for the beginning time of that row, which continues to the date of the next row.57
He became King of Judah 597 BCE replacing King Jehoiachin of Judah.3

Captivity
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took Judah, lead by King Zedekiah of Judah into captivity 586 BCE.
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Scriptures (References)

Book VerseTitle
Book of 1 Chronicles in the Bible1 Chronicle 3:10-16The Kings of Judah.
Last Edited29 May 2023

Citations

  1. [S244] GEDCOM File: bible.ged imported on 2005/08/20 at 02:08:34. online unknown url,.
  2. [S3] International Bible Society, editor, The Holy Bible, New International Version (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Publishing House, 1984), 1 Chron 3:15. Hereinafter cited as NIV.
  3. [S24] Kenneth Barker, editor, The NIV Study Bible, New International Version (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan Corporation, 1985), pg 502-503 . Hereinafter cited as NIV Study Bible.
  4. [S24] NIV Study Bible, Rulers of Israel and Judah from A Chronology of the Hebrew Kings by Edwin R. Theile.
  5. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 2:11.
  6. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 11:42.
  7. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 14:20.
  8. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 14:21, 2 Chron 12:13.
  9. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:1, 2 Chron 13:1.
  10. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:2.
  11. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:9.
  12. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:10.
  13. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:25.
  14. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 15:33.
  15. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:8.
  16. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:15.
  17. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:23.
  18. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:23;Perhaps indicates date of becoming sole king.
  19. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 16:29.
  20. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 22:29.
  21. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 1 Kings 22:51.
  22. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 3:1.
  23. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 8:16.
  24. 2 Kings 8:17, 2 Chronicles 21:5
  25. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings8:25.
  26. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 8:25, 2 Chronicles 22:2.
  27. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 10:36.
  28. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 11:4-16, 2 Chronicles 23:1.
  29. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 12:1.
  30. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 12:1, 2 Chronicles 24:1.
  31. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 13:1.
  32. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 13:10.
  33. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 14:1.
  34. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 14:1, 2 Chronicles 25:1.
  35. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 14:23.
  36. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:1.
  37. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:2.
  38. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:8.
  39. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:13.
  40. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:17.
  41. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:23.
  42. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:32.
  43. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:27.
  44. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 15:33, 2 Chronicles 27:1.
  45. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 16:1.
  46. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 16:1, 2 Chronicles 28:1.
  47. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 17:1.
  48. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 18:1.
  49. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 18:1, 2 Chronicles 29:1.
  50. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 21:1, 2 Chronicles 33:1.
  51. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 21:19, 2 Chronicles 33:21.
  52. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 22:1, 2 Chronicles 34:1.
  53. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 23:31, 2 Chronicles 35:2.
  54. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 23:36, 2 Chronicles 35:5.
  55. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 24:8, 2 Chronicles 36:9.
  56. [S3] International Bible Society, NIV, 2 Kings 24:18, 2 Chronicles 36:11.
  57. [S24] NIV Study Bible, Pages 502-503.