Ruler Mentioned in the Bible by name

Zedekiah, Mattaniah

Because of the Lord's (Yahweh's) anger, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he cast them out from his presence. And Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) rebelled against the king of Babylon.

The sons of Josiah were
Jochanan, the firstborn,
Jojakim (Hebr. Jehojaqim), the second,
Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), the third,
Shallom, the fourth.

At the beginning of the following year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, along with the precious vessels of the house of the Lord (Yahweh). And he made his brother Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) king over Judah and Jerusalem.

[Zedekiah/Mattenah reigned over Judah for 11 years (597-586 BC).]
Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) was 21 years old when he became king, and he reigned for 11 years in Jerusalem.

[Now follows a collection of messages containing information about the time and the king. For the first time in the book, specific kings of Judah are mentioned. The sections contain Jeremiah's message and also the king's reaction. The fact that the last king, Zedekiah, is mentioned first shows that this is not a chronological order.]
The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (Yahweh) when King Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) [the 20th ruler of the Southern Kingdom – the last] sent to him Pashchor, son of Malkijah, and Zephaniah (Hebr. Tsefanjaho), son of Maaseiah, the priest, saying:

And Jeremiah said to them, "Thus shall you say to Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho):

And afterward, declares (says, proclaims) the Lord (Yahweh), I will deliver Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, and his servants and the people who remain in this city from the plague, from the sword, and from famine, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, king of Babylon, and into the hands of your enemies and into the hands of those who seek your lives, and he shall strike them with the edge of the sword; he shall not spare them, nor have pity, nor have mercy.

And as the bad figs, which cannot be eaten because they are so bad, so says the Lord (Yahweh): So shall I do to Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem that remains in this land, and those who dwell in Egypt.

and send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab, and to the king of the sons of Ammon, and to the king of Tyre, and to the king of Sidon, by the hand of the messengers who came to Jerusalem to Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijah), king of Judah,

And I will speak to Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, according to all these words, saying, "Submit your neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and you shall live.

He sent the letter by (through the hand of) Elasa, the son of Shaphán, and Gemarjah (Hebr. Gemarjaho), the son of Hilkiah (Hebr. Chilqijahos), whom Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, sent to Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon. He said (wrote) to Babylon:

For Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, had shut him up and said, "Why have you prophesied and said, 'Thus says the Lord (Yahweh): Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall take it,

and Zedekiah, king of Judah, shall not escape the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him mouth to mouth, and his eyes shall behold his eyes.

And he shall take Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be until I visit him, declares the Lord (Yahweh), because you have fought against the Chaldeans but shall not succeed.

Thus says the Lord (Yahweh), the God of Israel (Elohim): Go and speak to Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, and say to him: Thus says the Lord (Yahweh): Behold, I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall burn it with fire,

But hear the word of the Lord (Yahweh), Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah. Thus says the Lord (Yahweh) concerning you: You shall not die by the sword.

And the prophet Jeremiah spoke all these prov to Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, in Jerusalem.

The word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord (Yahweh) after King Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) had made a covenant with all the people who were in Jerusalem, to proclaim (proclaim) freedom for them,

And Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, and his princes, I will give into the hands of their enemies and into the hands of those who seek their lives, and into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, which has come up against you.

And Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), the son of Josiah (Hebr. Joshijahos), reigned as king in place of Coniah, the son of Jehoiakim (Hebr. Jehojaqims), whom Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, made king in the land of Judah.

And King Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) sent Jehochal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah (Hebr. Tsefanjaho), the son of Maaseiah the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, "I beg you, pray for us to the Lord our God (Yahweh Elohim)."

And King Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) sent and brought him, and the king asked him secretly in his house and said, "Is there any word from the Lord (Yahweh)?" And Jeremiah said, "There is." And he said, "You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon."

And Jeremiah said to King Zedekiah, "In what have I sinned against you or against your servants or against this people, that you have put me in prison?

And Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), the king, said, "Behold, he is in your hand, for the king is not the one who can do anything against you."

Then Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), the king, sent [messengers] for the prophet Jeremiah and brought him to him at the third entrance of the house of the Lord (Yahweh), and the king said to him, "I will ask you a question; do not hide anything from me."

And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "If I tell you, will you not surely kill me? And if I give you advice, you will not listen to me."

And Zedekiah the king swore secretly to Jeremiah, saying, "As the Lord (Yahweh) lives, who has made us these souls (let us live), I will not put you to death, nor will I give you into the hand of these men who seek your life."

And Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, "Thus says the Lord (Yahweh), the God of hosts (Elohim Sebaot), the God of Israel (Elohim): If you go out to the princes of the king of Babylon, then you (your soul) shall live, and this city [Jerusalem] shall not be burned with fire, and you shall live, you and your house.

And Zedekiah the king said to Jeremiah, "I am afraid of the Jews who have defected to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hands and they mock me."

Then Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) said to Jeremiah, "Let no one know these words, and you shall not die."

In the ninth year of Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, in the tenth month [Tevet – Dec/Jan], Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his entire army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.

When Zedekiah, king of Judah, and all his warriors saw them, they tried to flee. So they went out of the city by night, taking the road through the king's garden, through the gate between the two walls, and he [Zedekiah] went out by the Arabah road [westward toward the Jordan Valley].

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and caught Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho [in the Jordan Valley; he intended to flee to Moab or Ammon and seek asylum], and when they had caught him, they brought him to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, at Riblah in the land of Hamath [central Syria], and he [Nebuchadnezzar] pronounced judgment on him.

And he put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and carried him to Babylon.

Thus says the Lord (Yahweh): Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Chafra [also known as Apries, ruled 587-570 BC], king of Egypt, into the hand of his enemies, and into the hand of those who seek his soul (life), as I delivered Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho), king of Judah, into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, his enemy who sought his life."

This word was commanded to the prophet Jeremiah by Seraiah, the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went with King Zedekiah of Judah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) to Babylon in his fourth year of reign. Seraja was quartermaster (literally: 'chief of the resting place') [he was responsible for the camp during the king's travels].

[The book ends with a historical appendix similar to the text in 2 Kings 24:18–25:30.]
Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) was 21 years old when he began to reign, and he reigned 11 years in Jerusalem [597-586 BC]. His mother's name was Chamothal, Jer. [the third person with that name in this book, see also Jer. 35:3] daughter from Libnah [a city in the Lowlands (Hebr. Shefelah); 30 km east of Ashkelon and 50 km southwest of Jerusalem].

Because of the Lord's (Yahweh's) anger, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah until he cast them out [from the land and] from his presence.
And Zedekiah (Hebr. Tsidqijaho) rebelled against the king of Babylon.

But the army of the Chaldeans pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plain of Jericho (Hebr. arava), and his whole army was scattered from him.

And he put out Zedekiah's eyes, and the king of Babylon bound him in chains and carried him to Babylon and put him in prison until the day he died.