Zedekiah (high priest)
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Zedekiah was the High Priest of Solomon's Temple
that succeeded Pediah
. According to Josephus
Zedekiah (Sudeas) was the son of Pediah (Phideas). He also appears in the High Priest list of the medieval chronicle Seder 'Olam Zuta. Zedekiah is never mentioned in the Tanakh
, his name doesn't appear in the list of the Zadokite dynasty .
Solomon's Temple
Solomon's Temple, also known as the First Temple, was the main temple in ancient Jerusalem, on the Temple Mount , before its destruction by Nebuchadnezzar II after the Siege of Jerusalem of 587 BCE....
that succeeded Pediah
Pediah
Pediah was the High Priest of Solomon's Temple. Josephus wrote that after Axioramos his son 'Phideas' became the new High Priest. Pediah doesn't appear in the High Priest family line of , at his chronological position the name 'Ahitub' appears....
. According to Josephus
Josephus
Titus Flavius Josephus , also called Joseph ben Matityahu , was a 1st-century Romano-Jewish historian and hagiographer of priestly and royal ancestry who recorded Jewish history, with special emphasis on the 1st century AD and the First Jewish–Roman War, which resulted in the Destruction of...
Zedekiah (Sudeas) was the son of Pediah (Phideas). He also appears in the High Priest list of the medieval chronicle Seder 'Olam Zuta. Zedekiah is never mentioned in the Tanakh
Tanakh
The Tanakh is a name used in Judaism for the canon of the Hebrew Bible. The Tanakh is also known as the Masoretic Text or the Miqra. The name is an acronym formed from the initial Hebrew letters of the Masoretic Text's three traditional subdivisions: The Torah , Nevi'im and Ketuvim —hence...
, his name doesn't appear in the list of the Zadokite dynasty .