Bible Topics for Kids
ZEDEKIAH, 1. Made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
2 Kings 24:17-18
17. The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin's father's brother, king in his place, and changed his name to ZEDEKIAH.
18. ZEDEKIAH was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
1 Chronicles 3:15
The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third ZEDEKIAH, and the fourth Shallum.
2 Chronicles 36:10
At the return of the year, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of The LORD's house, and made ZEDEKIAH his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 37:1
ZEDEKIAH the son of Josiah reigned as king, instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.