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See also:ZEDEKIAH (See also:Hebrew for " righteousness of Yah[weh] ") , son of See also:Josiah, and the last See also:- KING
- KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
- KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
- KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
- KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
- KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
- KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
- KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
- KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
- KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
- KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
- KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)
king of See also:Judah (2 See also:Kings See also:xxiv. 17 sqq.; 2 Chron. See also:xxxvi. to seq.). Previously known as Mattaniah (" See also:gift of Yah[weh] "), he was appointed king by See also:Nebuchadrezzar after the See also:capture of See also:Jerusalem (597 B.C.) and his name changed to Zedekiah. He held his position under an See also:oath of See also:allegiance, but after three years (cf. See also:Jehoiakim, 2 Kings xxiv. 1) began an intrigue with See also:Moab, See also:Edom, See also:Ammon, See also:Tyre and See also:Sidon, which the See also:prophet See also:Jeremiah vigorously denounced (Jer. See also:xxvii. seq.; cf. also Ezek. xvii. 11-21). It is possible that he was summoned to See also:Babylon to explain his conduct (Jer. li. 59; the See also:Septuagint reads " from Zedekiah "; see also See also:xxix. 3). Nevertheless, relations were maintained with See also:Egypt and steps were taken to revolt. The Babylonian See also:army began to See also:lay See also:siege to Jerusalem in the ninth See also:year of his reign, and a gain See also:attempt was made by See also:Pharaoh Hophra to cause a diversion. The headings to the prophecies in Ezek. xxix. sqq. suggest that See also:fuller details of the events were once preserved, and the narratives in Jer. xxxii.-xxxiv., See also:xxxvii. give some See also:account of the See also:internal position in Jerusalem at the See also:- TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
- TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
- TIME, STANDARD
time. After six months a See also:breach was made in the See also:city, Zedekiah's See also:flight was cut off in the See also:Jordan Valley and he was taken to Nebuchadrezzar at Riblah. His sons were killed, and he was blinded and carried to Babylon in chains (cf. Ezek. xii. 10-14). Vengeance was taken upon Jerusalem, and, on the seventh See also:day of the fifth See also:month, 586 B.C., Nebuzaradan sacked the See also:temple, destroyed the walls and houses, and deported the citizens, only the poorest peasantry of the See also:land being See also:left behind. See See also:JEws (See also:HISTORY), § 17 seq. (S. A.
End of Article: ZEDEKIAH (Hebrew for " righteousness of Yah[weh] ")
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