See also:

• ZEDEKIAH (Hebrew for " righteousness of Yah[weh] ")

ZEDEKIAH (See also:

• HEBREW

Hebrew for " righteousness of Yah[weh] ")  , son of See also:

• JOSIAH (Heb. yo' shiyydhu, perhaps " Yah [weh] supports ")

Josiah, and the last See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king of See also:

• JUDAH

Judah (2 See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

Kings See also:

• XXIV

xxiv . 17 sqq.; 2 Chron. See also:

• XXXVI

xxxvi. to seq.) . Previously known as Mattaniah (" See also:

• GIFT (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. die Gift, gift, das Gift, poison, formed from the Teut. stem gab-, to give, cf. Dutch geven, Ger. geben; in O. Eng. the word appears with initial y, the guttural of later English is due to Scandinavian influence)

gift of Yah[weh] "), he was appointed king by See also:

• NEBUCHADREZZAR, or NEBUCHADNEZZAR

Nebuchadrezzar after the See also:

• CAPTURE (from Lat. capere, to take; Fr. prise maritime; Ger. Wegnahme)

capture of See also:

• JERUSALEM (Heb. ^S0-r, Yerushalaim, pronounced as a dual)
• JERUSALEM, SYNOD OF (1672)

Jerusalem (597 B.C.) and his name changed to See also:

• ZEDEKIAH (Hebrew for " righteousness of Yah[weh] ")

Zedekiah . He held his position under an See also:

• OATH (0. Eng. ddh)

oath of See also:

• ALLEGIANCE (Mid. Eng. ligeaunce; med. Lat. ligeantia, &c.; the al- was probably added through confusion with another legal term, allegeance, an allegation; the Fr. allegeance comes from the English; the word is formed from " liege," of which the derivatio

allegiance, but after three years (cf . See also:

• JEHOIAKIM (Heb. " Yahweh] raiseth up ")

Jehoiakim, 2 Kings xxiv . 1) began an intrigue with See also:

• MOAB

Moab, See also:

• EDOM

Edom, See also:

• AMMON
• AMMON, CHRISTOPH FRIEDRICH VON (1766—185o)

Ammon, See also:

• TYRE (Phoen. and Hebr. =" rock," Assyr. S'urru, Egypt. Dara, Early Lat. Sarra)

Tyre and See also:

• SIDON (Phoen. ins, Hebrew 1-rs, Assyr. Sidunnu, Egypt. Diduna)

Sidon, which the See also:

• PROPHET (Irpo4i ri7s)

prophet See also:

• JEREMIAH

Jeremiah vigorously denounced (Jer. See also:

• XXVII

xxvii. seq.; cf. also Ezek. xvii . 11-21) . It is possible that he was summoned to See also:

• BABYLON (mod. Hillah)

Babylon to explain his conduct (Jer. li . 59; the See also:

• SEPTUAGINT, THE (Gr. of 0', Lat. LXX.)

Septuagint reads " from Zedekiah "; see also See also:

• XXIX

xxix . 3) . Nevertheless, relations were maintained with See also:

• EGYPT

Egypt and steps were taken to revolt . The Babylonian See also:

• ARMY
• ARMY (from Fr. armee, Lat. armata)

army began to See also:

• LAY

lay See also:

• SIEGE (0. Fr. sege, siege, mod. siege, seat, ultimately from sedere, to sit, cf. Class. Lat. obsidium, a siege)

siege to Jerusalem in the ninth See also:

• YEAR

year of his reign, and a gain See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt was made by See also:

• PHARAOH (Par'oh)

Pharaoh Hophra to cause a diversion .

The headings to the prophecies in Ezek. xxix. sqq. suggest that See also:

• FULLER, ANDREW (1954-1815)
• FULLER, GEORGE (1822—1884)
• FULLER, M
• FULLER, MARGARET, MARCHIONESS
• FULLER, MELVILLE WESTON (1833-1910)
• FULLER, THOMAS (16o8-1661)
• FULLER, WILLIAM (1670--c. 1717)

fuller details of the events were once preserved, and the narratives in Jer. xxxii.-xxxiv., See also:

• XXXVII

xxxvii. give some See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the See also:

• INTERNAL

internal position in Jerusalem at the See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . After six months a See also:

• BREACH (Mid. Eng. breche, derived from the common Teutonic root brec, which appears in " break," Ger. brechen, &c.)

breach was made in the See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, Zedekiah's See also:

• FLIGHT

flight was cut off in the See also:

• JORDAN (the down-comer; Arab. esh-Sheri'a, the watering-place)
• JORDAN, CAMILLE (1771—1821)
• JORDAN, DOROTHEA (1762—1816)
• JORDAN, THOMAS (1612 ?–1685)
• JORDAN, WILHELM (1819–1904)

Jordan Valley and he was taken to Nebuchadrezzar at Riblah . His sons were killed, and he was blinded and carried to Babylon in chains (cf . Ezek. xii . 10-14) . Vengeance was taken upon Jerusalem, and, on the seventh See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day of the fifth See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

month, 586 B.C., Nebuzaradan sacked the See also:

• TEMPLE
• TEMPLE, FREDERICK (1821-1902)
• TEMPLE, RICHARD
• TEMPLE, SIR RICHARD, BART
• TEMPLE, SIR WILLIAM, BART

temple, destroyed the walls and houses, and deported the citizens, only the poorest peasantry of the See also:

• LAND

land being See also:

• LEFT

left behind . See See also:

• JEWS
• JEWS (Heb. Y8hudi, man of Judah; Gr. 'Iovbaiot; Lat. Judaei)

JEws (See also:

• HISTORY

HISTORY), § 17 seq . (S . A .