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Headword: *sedeki/as
Adler number: sigma,186
Translated headword: Sedekias, Zedekiah
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
[Note] that Zedekiah, impious in every respect, even revolted from king Nebuchadnezzar -- breaking the oath which he had sworn in God's name not to revolt; but [Nebuchadnezzar] then attacked Jerusalem and besieged it for 2 years.
Greek Original:
*sedeki/as: o(/ti *sedeki/as a)sebw=n kata\ pa/nta, kai\ tou= basile/ws a)pe/sth *nabouxodono/sor, to\n o(/rkon paraba/s, o(\n w)/mose kata\ tou= qeou= mh\ a)posth/sesqai: o( de\ e)pelqw\n e)polio/rkei th\n *(ierousalh\m e)/th b#.
Notes:
Source indeterminable.
This man was a client of Nebuchanezzar (nu 7) as the last king of Judah; associated with the prophet Jeremiah (iota 162). Jerusalem was sacked after the events described here (trad. date 588 BCE), which precipitated the Jews' Babylonian Captivity.
The name is spelled S- in virtually all Greek sources.
Keywords: biography; chronology; ethics; geography; history; military affairs; religion
Translated by: David Whitehead on 10 June 2004@07:47:27.
Vetted by:
Catharine Roth (added alternative headword spelling, set status) on 29 November 2004@16:39:59.
David Whitehead (x-ref) on 30 November 2004@02:58:24.
Catharine Roth (cross-reference) on 30 November 2004@11:33:13.
David Whitehead (another note; more keywords; cosmetics) on 17 August 2011@06:23:17.
David Whitehead on 22 December 2013@09:16:25.
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