RULERS OF JUDEA

ZEDEKIAH

REIGN BEGAN: 597 BCE REIGN ENDED: 586 BCE

Zedekiah was installed as the king of Judea after his nephew, Jehoiachin, was deposed and exiled by Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon during the siege of Jerusalem in 597 BCE. He rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar nine years later with the help of Egypt, but the Babylonian king responded by sacking Jerusalem again and destroying Solomon’s temple, ending Zedekiah’s reign. He was the last king of Judea before it fell to Babylon.

SALOME ALEXANDRA

REIGN BEGAN: C.76 BCE REIGN ENDED: C.67 BCE

Salome Alexandra was chosen by her husband, Alexander Jannaeus, to succeed him on the Judean