Person Old Testament
Pedaiah
Pedaiah, father of Zebidah, who was the mother of King Jehoiakim of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Kings 23:36.
Why it matters. Father of Zebidah, mother of King Jehoiakim
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Pedaiah
Pedaiah was the father of Zebidah, who was the mother of King Jehoiakim of Judah, according to 2Ki.23.36. Zebidah was from Rumah, but no other details are given about Pedaiah. Jehoiakim was placed on the throne by Pharaoh Necho of Egypt after he deposed Jehoiakim's younger brother Jehoahaz. Jehoiakim's reign was characterized by political turmoil, as Judah came under the domination of Egypt and then Babylon. The brief mention of Pedaiah provides some genealogical background for Jehoiakim.
Description from STEPBible TIPNR (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0, lightly reformatted. This is background reference material, not Scripture and not a FaithGraph editorial claim.
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Family
Family links from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0). Where the dataset marks an identification as uncertain, the mark is kept. Matthew and Luke give different genealogies for Jesus; see the Lineage page, which never merges them.
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- Zebidah
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
2 Kings (1 verse)