Person Old Testament
Zebidah
Also known as Zebidah =ESV, NIV, LK; Zebudah =KJV, LQ
Zebidah, daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah, was the mother of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 2 Kings 23:36.
Why it matters. Mother of King Jehoiakim of Judah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Zebidah
Zebidah is mentioned in the biblical record as the mother of Jehoiakim, who became king of Judah. She was the daughter of Pedaiah from the town of Rumah. Zebidah's husband was Josiah, the king of Judah who instituted significant religious reforms. After Josiah's death, their son Jehoiakim ascended to the throne at the age of twenty-five and reigned for eleven years in Jerusalem. However, Jehoiakim did not follow in his father's footsteps and did evil in the sight of the Lord.
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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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)