According to 1 Chronicles 3:15, Zedekiah was the third son of Josiah. After his younger brother Shallum and his older brother Jehoiakim, Zedekiah is the third heir to the throne. Initially, Zedekiah will have been loyal to the king of Babel (see Jeremiah 29:3 and Jeremiah 51:59).
18 Sédécias avait vingt et un ans lorsqu'il devint roi, et il régna onze ans à Jérusalem. Sa mère s'appelait Hamuthal, fille de Jérémie, de Libna.