Glossary
Review the lesson glossary terms below. Glossary terms may be included in quiz questions.
Gedaliah
(Hebrew, “Yahweh is great”) – Son of Ahikam and grandson of Shaphan (2Ki 25:22-25; Jer 39:14; 40:5, 41:1-18). After destroying Jerusalem and sending many captive Jews to Babylon (586 B.C.), Nebuchadnezzar appointed Gedaliah governor over those who had been left in the land (2Ki 25:12, 22). He was murdered by Jewish rebels after a two-month reign (2Ki 25:25).
Jehoiachin
(Hebrew, “Yahweh will uphold”) – The son of Jehoiakim, and his successor to the Davidic throne in 598 B.C. (2Ki 24:8-17; 2Ch 36:9). He ruled only three months in Jerusalem. He was taken prisoner by the Babylonians and deported to Babylon. In Babylon, he received extraordinarily favorable treatment (Jer 52:31-34), probably because of Daniel’s influence.
Jehoiakim
(Hebrew, “Yahweh will establish”) – The son of Josiah, and king of Judah enthroned by Pharaoh Neco of Egypt in 609 B.C. to replace Jehoahaz his brother (2Ki 23:34; 2Ch 36:4). From 605 B.C. until the end of his reign in 598 B.C., he encountered problems with the Babylonians. It is not known how he died.
Neco II
He reigned 15 years (610-595 B.C.); he was the second king of the 26th Dynasty in Egypt and son of its founder Psamtik I (664-610 B.C.).
Riblah
A city on the banks of the Orontes River about ten miles south of Kadesh. Riblah was strategically located at the crossroads of the military highways to Egypt and Mesopotamia. In 588 B.C., Nebuchadnezzar set up his headquarters here in his campaigns against Egypt and the countries along the Syrian coast.
Zedekiah
(Hebrew, “Yahweh is my righteousness” or “righteousness of Yahweh”) – The last king of Judah(ca. 597-587 B.C.), the third son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar established as king in the place of his exiled nephew, Jehoiachin (2Ki 24:8-17). He rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar and was subsequently blinded. He was taken captive to Babylon, where he died.