How many times is Zedekiah mentioned in the Bible?
The word Zedekiah appears 61 times in the King James Version, in 60 verses. Counting every form (Zedekiah, Zedekiah's), it appears 62 times in 61 verses across 5 of the 66 books. The World English Bible uses Zedekiah 59 times (63 with every form).
Zedekiah in the King James Version and the World English Bible
Each form of Zedekiah counted in each translation.
| Form | KJV | WEB |
|---|---|---|
| Zedekiah | 61 | 59 |
| Zedekiah's | 1 | 4 |
| Total | 62 | 63 |
What the name Zedekiah means
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Zedekiah as "the Lord is my justice; the justice of the Lord".
This is the 1869 traditional meaning; modern scholars often read names differently.
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Source: Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869), checked 2026-10-22.
Which books mention Zedekiah most
Zedekiah appears in 5 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Jeremiah has the most (48), then 2 Kings (6) and 2 Chronicles (4).
First and last mention of Zedekiah
And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them.
Then he put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in chains, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
The verse that uses it most is 2 Kings 25:7, 2 times:
And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Where the two translations differ
0 verses match in the KJV but not in the World English Bible, and 1 verse matches only in the World English Bible, usually because the other translation chose a different word there.
Nehemiah 10:1: counted in the World English Bible only
Now those that sealed were, Nehemiah, the Tirshatha, the son of Hachaliah, and Zidkijah,
Now those who sealed were: Nehemiah the governor, the son of Hacaliah, and Zedekiah,
Common questions
How many times is Zedekiah in the Old Testament and the New Testament?
In the King James Version, counting every form, 62 of the 62 uses are in the Old Testament and 0 in the New Testament. Zedekiah appears in 5 books of the 66 in the King James Version. Jeremiah has the most (48), then 2 Kings (6) and 2 Chronicles (4).
Where is Zedekiah first mentioned in the Bible?
The first use in the King James Version is 1 Kings 22:11: "And Zedekiah the son of Chenaanah made him horns of iron: and he said, Thus saith the LORD, With these shalt thou push the Syrians, until thou have consumed them." The last is Jeremiah 52:11.
What does the name Zedekiah mean in the Bible?
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary glosses Zedekiah as "the Lord is my justice; the justice of the Lord".
More word counts: Mordecai, Laban, Josiah, Zadok, Rehoboam, Haman, Jesse, Nathan, or all 484 words.
Counted by Bible Says About from the full public-domain text of the King James Version (1769 edition) and the World English Bible. Verse text only: headings and psalm titles are left out. A word is a run of letters: a hyphenated name like Beer-sheba counts as two, and an apostrophe stays inside its word (LORD'S is one). Matching ignores capital letters. Data compiled 2026-10-22.