Bible Topics for Kids
ZEDEKIAH, 1. Made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar
2 Kings 24:20
For through the anger of The LORD, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.Then ZEDEKIAH rebelled against the king of Babylon.
2 Chronicles 36:13
He also rebelled against king Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear by God; but he stiffened his neck, and hardened his heart against turning to The LORD, the God of Israel.
Jeremiah 52:3
For through The LORD's anger this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence.ZEDEKIAH rebelled against the king of Babylon.
Ezekiel 17:12-21
12. "Say now to the rebellious house, 'Don't you know what these things mean?' Tell them, 'Behold, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem, and took its king, and its princes, and brought them to him to Babylon.
13. He took some of the royal offspring, and made a covenant with him. He also brought him under an oath, and took away the mighty of the land;
14. that the kingdom might be brought low, that it might not lift itself up, but that by keeping his covenant it might stand.
15. But he rebelled against him in sending his ambassadors into Egypt, that they might give him horses and many people. Will he prosper? Will he who does such things escape? Will he break the covenant, and still escape?
16. "'As I live,' says the Lord God, 'surely in the place where the king dwells who made him king, whose oath he despised, and whose covenant he broke, even with him in the middle of Babylon he will die.
17. Pharaoh with his mighty army and great company won't help him in the war, when they cast up mounds and build forts, to cut off many persons.
18. For he has despised the oath by breaking the covenant; and behold, he had given his hand, and yet has done all these things. He won't escape.
19. "Therefore thus says the Lord God: 'As I live, I will surely bring on his own head my oath that he has despised and my covenant that he has broken.
20. I will spread my net on him, and he will be taken in my snare. I will bring him to Babylon, and will enter into judgment with him there for his trespass that he has trespassed against me.
21. All his fugitives in all his bands will fall by the sword, and those who remain will be scattered toward every wind. Then you will know that I, The LORD, have spoken it.'