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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

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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)

    3:16

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