Person Old Testament
Zedekiah
Zedekiah, a son of Jeconiah (also known as Jehoiachin), king of Judah. Mentioned once in Scripture, at 1 Chronicles 3:16.
Why it matters. Son of Jeconiah, king of Judah
- Primary passages
- Last reviewed
- 2026-08-30 by the FaithGraph team
About Zedekiah
Zedekiah was a son of Jeconiah (also known as Jehoiachin), the king of Judah who was deported to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar. He is mentioned in the genealogy of the kings of Judah in 1 Chronicles. Zedekiah had a brother named Assir.
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.
- Parents
- Jehoiachin (?)
- Siblings
- Shealtiel
Appears in Scripture
Named in 1 verse across 1 book. Occurrence data from STEPBible TIPNR (CC BY 4.0); references only, no translation text.
1 Chronicles (1 verse)