King Zedekiah

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/King_Zedekiah
GPTKB entity
Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:King
gptkbp:appointedBy gptkb:Nebuchadnezzar_II
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Mattaniah
gptkbp:book gptkb:2_Kings
gptkb:Book_of_Jeremiah
gptkb:2_Chronicles
gptkbp:capturedBy gptkb:Babylonians
gptkbp:children several sons (names not specified)
gptkbp:deathDate after 586 BCE
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Babylon
gptkbp:fate blinded and exiled to Babylon
gptkbp:fateOfChildren killed before his eyes
gptkbp:father gptkb:Josiah
gptkbp:house gptkb:House_of_David
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label King Zedekiah
gptkbp:kingdom gptkb:Kingdom_of_Judah
gptkbp:mentionedIn gptkb:Hebrew_Bible
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Destruction_of_Solomon's_Temple
gptkb:Siege_of_Jerusalem_(587–586_BCE)
gptkbp:notableFor last king of Judah before Babylonian exile
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Jehoiachin
gptkbp:reignEnd 586 BCE
gptkbp:reignStart 597 BCE
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:spouse Hamutal (possibly)
gptkbp:successor None (Kingdom destroyed)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Jeremiah
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5