598/597 BC
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Zedekiah · Judah
life, dates, and events
This record brings together the lifespan, dates, Scripture, and every dated event assigned to Zedekiah · Judah.
Life record
Birth, lifespan, and death
Creation years 3326–3337
Reference under review · 587/586 BC
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Look up Zedekiah in the study works
These links search five public-domain reference works for this person. An author’s definition or conclusion is a study aid—not Scripture—and should be examined against the KJV text.
Public-domain referenceEaston’s Bible Dictionary
Dictionary and historical background
Find Zedekiah →Public-domain referenceSmith’s Bible DictionaryPeople, places, customs, and history
Find Zedekiah →Public-domain referenceHitchcock’s Bible NamesThe name and its traditional meaning
Find Zedekiah →Public-domain referenceNave’s Topical BibleRelated KJV passages arranged by subject
Find Zedekiah →Public-domain referenceTorrey’s Topical TextbookRelated biblical subjects and references
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Events involving Zedekiah · Judah
Creation year 3326598/597 BC
Zedekiah begins to reign
Nebuchadnezzar installs Zedekiah after Jehoiachin is taken to Babylon in Adar 597 BC, within Creation year 3326.
2 Chronicles 36:10–11 · KJV
“And made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah was one and twenty years old when he began to reign, and reigned eleven years in Jerusalem.”
Parallel Scripture · 2 Kings 24:17–18
Open Creation year 3326 in the Original Timeline →Kings records Mattaniah’s new name, Zedekiah, and the beginning of his eleven-year reign.
Creation year 3335589/588 BC
Jerusalem is besieged
Scripture dates the final siege to Zedekiah’s ninth year and tenth month.
Jeremiah 39:1 · KJV
“In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, came Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army against Jerusalem, and they besieged it.”
Kings and Chronicles chronology
Open Creation year 3335 in the Original Timeline →This placement follows the synchronized reign statements in 1–2 Kings and 1–2 Chronicles. Parallel accession, regnal, and kingdom notices are compared without forcing one kingdom’s count into the other.