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Zedekiah (High Priest)

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Zedekiah (Hebrew: צִדְקִיָּהוּ ,צִדְקִיָּה Ṣiḏqîyāhū, "Yah is righteousness") was the High Priest of Solomon's Temple that succeeded Pediah. According to Josephus Zedekiah (Sudeas) was the son of Pediah (Phideas).[1] He also appears in the High Priest list of the medieval chronicle Seder 'Olam Zuta. Zedekiah is never mentioned in the Bible, his name doesn't appear in the Zadokite genealogy given in 1 Chr. 5:30–40 (6:4-15 in other translations).

Patrilineal ancestry

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as per 1 Chronicles 27 (up to Jehoiada) and then Josephus

Patrilineal descent
  1. Abraham
  2. Isaac
  3. Jacob
  4. Levi
  5. Kohath
  6. Amram
  7. Aaron
  8. Eleazar
  9. Phinehas
  10. Abishua
  11. Bukki
  12. Uzzi
  13. Zerahiah
  14. Meraioth
  15. Amariah
  16. Ahitub
  17. Zadok
  18. Achim
  19. Eliud
  20. Benaiah
  21. Jehoiada
  22. Pediah
Israelite religious titles
Preceded by
Pediah
(According to the Seder 'Olam Zutta)
High Priest of Israel Succeeded by

Footnotes and references

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