A descendant of יהודה בן יעקב .

A descendant of בנימין בן יעקב .

The mother of the eighth king of יהודה ,  יהואש .

A son of שעיר .

grandfather of אָהֳלִיבָמָה

father of יְרוּשָׁא

great-grandfather of שְׂרָיָה

A leader of the people during the time of נחמיה ,  צדוק   is a signatory to a pledge - an אֲמָנָה -  affirmed by the leaders of the community. Those who sign the declaration promise to observe the commandments of the Torah, to refrain from intermarrying, to avoid commerce on Shabbat, and to make regular donations to the Temple.

A military leader who joins דוד   with 22 captains.

A descendant of פינחס   and a כהן   in the time of דוד .  He and אביתר   are instructed by דוד   to return to ירושלים   with the ארון   when the king flees from אבשלום .  When אדניה   decides that he will succeed דוד ,  צדוק   is spurned. דוד   hears about אדניה 's  behaviour and instructs צדוק ,  בניהו   and נתן   to take שלמה   down to the גחון   spring and anoint him there. צדוק   is given אביתר 's  duties as כהן גדול   when the latter is banished. צדוק   assists דוד   in dividing the כהנים   into divisions for service in the sanctuary. The prophet יחזקאל   announces that the descendants of צדוק   will be granted the task of running the Temple when the בית המקדש   is rebuilt. צדוק   is an ancestor of עזרא   the scribe.

Another descendant of פינחס בן אלעזר   with this name.

צדוק   is credited with participating in the reconstruction of the walls of ירושלים   in the time of נחמיה .

צדוק   is credited with participating in the reconstruction of the walls of ירושלים   in the time of נחמיה .

A כהן   whose descendant עזריה   settles in ירושלים   upon the Jews' return to Israel.

נחמיה   appoints צדוק   one of the treasurers in the Temple to insure that the Levites are paid properly.

A כהן   during the time of נחמיה ,  צדקיה   is a signatory to a pledge - an אֲמָנָה -  affirmed by the leaders of the community. Those who sign the declaration promise to observe the commandments of the Torah, to refrain from intermarrying, to avoid commerce on Shabbat, and to make regular donations to the Temple.

A son of יְהוֹיָכִין ,  the nineteenth king of יהודה .

A minister in the time of יהויקים .  צדקיהו   is present when מיכיהו   enters the palace and tells the assembled ministers about ברוך בן נריה 's  reading of ירמיהו 's  scroll.

Twentieth king of יהודה .  After נבכדנאצר   captures ירושלים   and exiles its inhabitants (including King יהויכין ) to בבל ,  he installs יהויכין 's  uncle מתניה ,  (a third son of יאשיהו ), as king, and changes his name to צדקיהו .  צדקיהו   continues sinning in the tradition of his nephew and two brothers. צדקיהו   rebels against נבכודנאצר ,  leading to the latter's second siege of ירושלים .  צדקיהו   twice appeals to the prophet ירמיהו   to pray on behalf of the city, but ירמיהו   responds that all is lost (ירמיה כא ,  לז ). ירמיהו   is arrested by a captain of בנימין   who accuses him of defecting to the כַּשְׂדִּים .  The ministers under צדקיהו   imprison ירמיהו .  צדקיהו   again consults with the prophet about the future and despite ירמיהו 's  insistence that the end is near, צדקיהו   improves the conditions of ירמיהו 's  incarceration (ירמיה לז ). At one point during the siege, צדקיהו   persuades the owners of Jewish slaves to free them. This move is perhaps undertaken as an effort at repentance in the face of total destruction. The kindness towards the unfortunates however is short-lived for the owners soon re-take their servants, prompting rebuke from ירמיהו   (ירמיה לד :ח -כב ). King צדקיהו   is persuaded by several of his ministers to cast ירמיהו   into a pit in response to his proclamations which they view as treasonous. ירמיהו   would have surely died there if not for the intervention of עבד מלך הכושי ,  who pleads with the king to spare the prophet's life. Once ירמיהו   is removed from the pit, צדקיהו   meets with him secretly. Once again ירמיהו   tells his king that the only way to save the city from destruction is to surrender; if צדקיהו   stands fast, the כַּשְׂדִּים   will burn down the capital (ירמיה לח ). ירושלים   is besieged for a year-and-a-half by נְבוּכַדְרֶאצּר ,  king of בבל   (from the 10th month of צדקיהו 's  9th year on the throne, to the 9th day of the 4th month of his 11th year - ירמיה לט :א -ב ) who eventually breaks through the city's walls. The Babylonians burn the בית המקדש   and the city of ירושלים .  צדקיהו   and his army flee but the king is captured near יריחו .  His sons are killed in front of him, after which he is blinded, bound in chains and taken to בבל .  צדקיהו   reigns for 11 years, and is the last king of יהודה .  The sequence of the last five kings of יהודה   is follows: (1) יאשיהו בן אמון ;  (2) יאשיהו 's  son, יהואחז בן יאשיהיו ;  (3) יהואחז 's  brother and יאשיהו 's  second son, יהויקים בן יאשיהו ;  (4) יהויקים 's  son and יאשיהו 's  grandson, יהויכין בן יהויקים ;  (5) יהויכין 's  uncle and יאשיהו 's  third son, צדקיהו בן יאשיהו .

A false prophet in אחאב 's  employ. When asked by אחאב   and יהושפט ,  king of יהודה ,  if they should attack ארם ,  צדקיהו   fashions horns of iron and states symbolically that אחאב   will gore the enemy. The true prophet מיכיהו   accuses צדקיהו   of being a false prophet, whereupon the latter slaps מיכיהו 's  face.

A false prophet living among the exiles in בבל .  ירמיהו   tells the people that צדקיהו   will be punished for speaking lies in the name of God and for committing adultery.

father of נְתַנְאֵל

ancestor of שְׁמוּאֵל

A descendant of אשר בן יעקב .

A descendant of קהת בן לוי .

One of three friends who come to visit אִיוֹב   upon hearing of the tragedies which have befallen him. Much of ספר איוב   comprises debates between the protagonist and his companions on the nature of suffering and the reasons for it. צופר   is the third of איוב 's  visitors to state his philosophy on the matter. צופר   resents איוב 's  protestations of innocence, going so far as to note that God has in fact ignored some of איוב 's  crimes (chapter 11). צופר   gets another chance to defend God's actions in the world, arguing that all sinners are doomed, and that their good fortune is fleeting (chapter 20).

One of five kings of מדין   killed in Israel's war against that nation (פרשת מטות ). His daughter כזבי   is killed by פינחס   while having inter-faith relations with זמרי בן סלוא .

A descendant of בנימין בן יעקב .

Chief of the מררי   family of שבט לוי .

father of שְׁלֻמִיאֵל