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sed - ḗ - kı̄´as :

(1) (Codex Alexandrinus and Codex Vaticanus Σεδεκίας , Sedekı́as ; the King James Version Zedechias ): 1 Esdras 1:46 (44) = Zedekiah king of Judah; also in Baruch 1:8 where the King James Version reads "Sedecias."

(2) In Baruch 1:1 (the King James Version "Sedecias"), an ancestor of Baruch, "the son of Asadias," sometimes (but incorrectly) identified with the false prophet "Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah" ( Jeremiah 29:21 ).

Bibliography Information
Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Sedekias'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​isb/​s/sedekias.html. 1915.
 
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