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Sedecias

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

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(Σεδεκίας ), the Graecized form of the Hebrew name Zedekiah (q.v.), applied in the Apocrypha to two men 1. A person mentioned (Baruch 1, 1) as the father of Maaseiah, himself the grandfather of Baruch, and apparently identical with the false prophet Zedekiah in Jeremiah 29:21-22; Jeremiah 2. The "son of Josiah, king of Judah" (Bar. 1, 8), the Zedekiah under whom Jerusalem was destroyed by the Babylonians.

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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Sedecias'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​s/sedecias.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
 
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