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Zedekiah

reigned 597–587 BCE · 6th century BCE

Zedekiah was the last king of Judah, placed on the throne by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon in 597 BCE. When he rebelled with Egyptian encouragement, the Babylonians besieged Jerusalem, which fell in 587 or 586 BCE. According to the Bible he was captured near Jericho, forced to watch his sons killed, blinded and taken in chains to Babylon.

Zedekiah
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