Zedekiah

Zedekiah was the last king of Judah before the kingdom was destroyed by King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon. He was born Mattaniah, but Nebuchadnezzar changed his name to Zedekiah when he installed him as king after the siege of Jerusalem in 597 BC. Zedekiah was not a good king. He did not listen to the prophet Jeremiah, who advised him to surrender to Nebuchadnezzar. Instead, Zedekiah rebelled against Babylon and was defeated. Jerusalem was destroyed and Zedekiah was taken prisoner to Babylon.