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Zedekiah

Mentioned 896–587 BC traditional (Jones)

The son of Chenaanah, a false prophet in the days of Ahab (1 Kings 22:11, 24; 2 Chr. 18:10, 23).

From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).

Father
Chenaanah
Tagged in
5 verses

Computed from the data. Years are traditional (Jones).

Family

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Places

Places named in the same verses as Zedekiah, with the number of verses they share; a larger marker means more. Locations follow OpenBible.info, which grades each identification.

  1. likely location: Babylon1

Timeline

The strip runs from Creation to AD 100; the shaded part, 973–510 BC, is drawn below at a larger scale around these mentions, with 6 contemporaries. Years are traditional (Jones), shown as recorded, not as settled fact.

Mentions

5 tagged verses in 3 books. Select a book to read its verses.

  1. 1 Kings2
  2. 2 Chronicles2
  3. Jeremiah1

The name in each translation

TextOccurrences of each name
BSBZedekiah 69
KJVZedekiah 62
ASVZedekiah 63

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Every verse

All 5 tagged verses, by book, in canonical order. The Berean Standard Bible is shown; switch to the King James or American Standard Version.

1 Kings2 verses
  1. 22:11

    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. 22:24

    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?”

2 Chronicles2 verses
  1. 18:10

    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. 18:23

    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?”

Jeremiah1 verse
  1. 39:7

    Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes and bound him with bronze chains to take him to Babylon.

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

The full entry, public domain, as printed in 1897.

The son of Chenaanah, a false prophet in the days of Ahab (1 Kings 22:11, 24; 2 Chr. 18:10, 23).