Jehoiachin
여호야긴
Named at 2 Kings 24:6: “So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.” 24:8 says, “Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem”, and 24:9 that he did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his father had done. At 24:12 “Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign”; at 24:15 Jehoiachin is carried away to Babylon; and at 24:17 the king of Babylon makes Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place. At 25:27–29, in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, releases Jehoiachin out of prison and sets his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, and “Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life”. The Korean Revised Version names Evilmerodach at 25:27 only in the date (바벨론 왕 에윌므로닥의 즉위한 원년), and gives the release no subject.
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- 2CH 36:5–8, engwebp
5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD his God’s sight.
6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.
7Nebuchadnezzar also carried some of the vessels of the LORD’s house to Babylon, and put them in his temple at Babylon.
8Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
- 2CH 36:9–10, engwebp
9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
10At the return of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the LORD’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2KI 24:5–7, engwebp
5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
7The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.
- 2KI 24:8–9, engwebp
8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his father had done.
- 2KI 24:10–16, engwebp
10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
12and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.
13He carried out from there all the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the LORD’s temple, as the LORD had said.
14He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.
15He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
- 2KI 24:17–20, engwebp
17The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20For through the anger of the LORD, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- 2KI 25:27–30, engwebp
27In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison,
28and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
29and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;
30and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
- EZK 1:1–3, engwebp
1Now in the thirtieth year, in the fourth month, in the fifth day of the month, as I was among the captives by the river Chebar, the heavens were opened, and I saw visions of God.
2In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
3the LORD’s word came to Ezekiel the priest, the son of Buzi, in the land of the Chaldeans by the river Chebar; and the LORD’s hand was there on him.
- JER 52:31–34, engwebp
31In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.
32He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
33and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life.
34For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
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Unresolved interpretation: Jehoiachin of 2 Kings 24–25 and Jechoniah of Matthew 1:11
- Matthew 1:11–12 records in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17, “Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
3Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
4Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
5Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
6Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
7Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
8Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
9Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
10Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
11Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
13Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
14Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
15Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
16Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
- 2 Kings 23:34 says, “Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim”, and 24:6, “So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.”
Source evidence (2)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 23:34–35, engwebp
34Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim; but he took Jehoahaz away, and he came to Egypt and died there.
35Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh. He exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, from everyone according to his assessment, to give it to Pharaoh Necoh.
- 2KI 24:5–7, engwebp
5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
7The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.
- 2KI 23:34–35, engwebp
- 2 Kings 24:12 says, “Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign”, and at 24:15 Jehoiachin is carried away to Babylon.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 24:10–16, engwebp
10At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.
11Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,
12and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.
13He carried out from there all the treasures of the LORD’s house and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the LORD’s temple, as the LORD had said.
14He carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valor, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and the smiths. No one remained except the poorest people of the land.
15He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
16All the men of might, even seven thousand, and the craftsmen and the smiths one thousand, all of them strong and fit for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
- 2KI 24:10–16, engwebp
- 2 Kings 25:27 says, “In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison”.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 25:27–30, engwebp
27In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison,
28and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
29and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;
30and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
- 2KI 25:27–30, engwebp
- Esther 2:6 reads, “who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away”; WEB does not name there who was carried away, and the Korean Revised Version says that Mordecai was (모르드개도 함께 사로잡혔더라).
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AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- EST 2:5–7, engwebp
5There was a certain Jew in the citadel of Susa whose name was Mordecai, the son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish, a Benjamite,
6who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
7He brought up Hadassah, that is, Esther, his uncle’s daughter; for she had neither father nor mother. The maiden was fair and beautiful; and when her father and mother were dead, Mordecai took her for his own daughter.
- EST 2:5–7, engwebp
Matthew 1:11 records that Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, and 1:12 that after the exile to Babylon Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. 2 Kings 23:34 names Jehoiakim the son of Josiah; 24:6 says that Jehoiachin, Jehoiakim’s son, reigned in his place; 24:12–15 that Jehoiachin went out to the king of Babylon, was captured and was carried away to Babylon; and 25:27 that Jehoiachin king of Judah was released out of prison in the thirty-seventh year of his captivity. Esther 2:6 speaks of “the captives who had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away”, and names no father or son of Jeconiah. The Korean Revised Version reads 여고냐 in Matthew and in Esther 2:6 and 여호야긴 in 2 Kings, and WEB reads Jechoniah in Matthew, Jeconiah in Esther 2:6 and Jehoiachin in 2 Kings. This collection records the Jeconiah of Esther 2:6 in the same entry as Matthew’s Jechoniah, and Jehoiachin, whose name is written otherwise, apart. The text does not say whether Jehoiachin and Jechoniah are the same man, and this collection does not decide it.
Unresolved interpretation: Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim: 1 Chronicles 3:16 and Matthew 1:11
- 2 Kings 24:6 says, “So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 24:5–7, engwebp
5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
7The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.
- 2KI 24:5–7, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 3:16 says, “The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 1CH 3:10–16, engwebp
10Solomon’s son was Rehoboam, Abijah his son, Asa his son, Jehoshaphat his son,
11Joram his son, Ahaziah his son, Joash his son,
12Amaziah his son, Azariah his son, Jotham his son,
13Ahaz his son, Hezekiah his son, Manasseh his son,
14Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
15The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
16The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
- 1CH 3:10–16, engwebp
- Matthew 1:11–12 records in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17, “Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon. After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
1The book of the genealogy of Jesus Christ, the son of David, the son of Abraham.
2Abraham became the father of Isaac. Isaac became the father of Jacob. Jacob became the father of Judah and his brothers.
3Judah became the father of Perez and Zerah by Tamar. Perez became the father of Hezron. Hezron became the father of Ram.
4Ram became the father of Amminadab. Amminadab became the father of Nahshon. Nahshon became the father of Salmon.
5Salmon became the father of Boaz by Rahab. Boaz became the father of Obed by Ruth. Obed became the father of Jesse.
6Jesse became the father of King David. David the king became the father of Solomon by her who had been Uriah’s wife.
7Solomon became the father of Rehoboam. Rehoboam became the father of Abijah. Abijah became the father of Asa.
8Asa became the father of Jehoshaphat. Jehoshaphat became the father of Joram. Joram became the father of Uzziah.
9Uzziah became the father of Jotham. Jotham became the father of Ahaz. Ahaz became the father of Hezekiah.
10Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
11Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12After the exile to Babylon, Jechoniah became the father of Shealtiel. Shealtiel became the father of Zerubbabel.
13Zerubbabel became the father of Abiud. Abiud became the father of Eliakim. Eliakim became the father of Azor.
14Azor became the father of Zadok. Zadok became the father of Achim. Achim became the father of Eliud.
15Eliud became the father of Eleazar. Eleazar became the father of Matthan. Matthan became the father of Jacob.
16Jacob became the father of Joseph, the husband of Mary, from whom was born Jesus, who is called Christ.
17So all the generations from Abraham to David are fourteen generations; from David to the exile to Babylon fourteen generations; and from the carrying away to Babylon to the Christ, fourteen generations.
- MAT 1:1–17, engwebp
- Jeremiah 22:24 says, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand”, and 24:1, “after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon”; 37:1 says, “Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim”. 52:31 says, “In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.”
Source evidence (4)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- JER 22:24–30, engwebp
24“As I live,” says the LORD, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there.
25I would give you into the hand of those who seek your life, and into the hand of them of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and into the hand of the Chaldeans.
26I will cast you out with your mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die.
27But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return.”
28Is this man Coniah a despised broken vessel? Is he a vessel in which no one delights? Why are they cast out, he and his offspring, and cast into a land which they don’t know?
29O earth, earth, earth, hear the LORD’s word!
30The LORD says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne and ruling in Judah.”
- JER 24:1–10, engwebp
1The LORD showed me, and behold, two baskets of figs were set before the LORD’s temple, after Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
2One basket had very good figs, like the figs that are first-ripe; and the other basket had very bad figs, which could not be eaten, they were so bad.
3Then the LORD asked me, “What do you see, Jeremiah?” I said, “Figs. The good figs are very good, and the bad are very bad, so bad that they can’t be eaten.”
4The LORD’s word came to me, saying,
5“The LORD, the God of Israel says: ‘Like these good figs, so I will regard the captives of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans, as good.
6For I will set my eyes on them for good, and I will bring them again to this land. I will build them, and not pull them down. I will plant them, and not pluck them up.
7I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God; for they will return to me with their whole heart.
8“‘As the bad figs, which can’t be eaten, they are so bad,’ surely the LORD says, ‘So I will give up Zedekiah the king of Judah, and his princes, and the remnant of Jerusalem who remain in this land, and those who dwell in the land of Egypt.
9I will even give them up to be tossed back and forth among all the kingdoms of the earth for evil, to be a reproach and a proverb, a taunt and a curse, in all places where I will drive them.
10I will send the sword, the famine, and the pestilence among them, until they are consumed from off the land that I gave to them and to their fathers.’”
- JER 37:1–2, engwebp
1Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land, listened to the LORD’s words, which he spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.
- JER 52:31–34, engwebp
31In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.
32He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
33and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life.
34For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
- JER 22:24–30, engwebp
Matthew 1:11 records that Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, and 1 Chronicles 3:16 names Jeconiah among the sons of Jehoiakim. 2 Kings 24:6 says that Jehoiachin, Jehoiakim’s son, reigned in his place. The Korean Revised Version reads 여고냐 in 1 Chronicles and Matthew and 여호야긴 in 2 Kings, and WEB reads Jeconiah, Jechoniah and Jehoiachin. Jeremiah 22:24 calls Coniah “the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah”, and 24:1 calls Jeconiah “the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah”; 37:1 says that Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim; and 52:31 names Jehoiachin king of Judah. In these verses of Jeremiah the Korean Revised Version reads 고니야 (22:24, 22:28, 37:1), 여고냐 (24:1) and 여호야긴 (52:31), and WEB Coniah, Jeconiah and Jehoiachin. This collection records the Jeconiah of 1 Chronicles 3:16 in the same entry as Matthew’s Jechoniah, records the relationship of Josiah and Jechoniah that Matthew 1:11 gives, and records the relationship to Jehoiakim that 1 Chronicles 3:16 gives only in a list of names. It records the Coniah and Jeconiah of these verses of Jeremiah in that entry too, with no relationship from Jehoiakim, and records Jehoiachin, whose name is written otherwise, apart, with Jeremiah 52:31. Matthew gives Josiah as the father of Jechoniah, and 1 Chronicles and Jeremiah call Jeconiah and Coniah the son of Jehoiakim; the text does not say whether Jehoiachin and Jechoniah are the same man. This collection decides neither.
Unresolved interpretation: Jehoiachin’s age at accession
- 2 Kings 24:8–9 says Jehoiachin was eighteen when he began to reign and reigned three months in Jerusalem.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 24:8–9, engwebp
8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
9He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his father had done.
- 2KI 24:8–9, engwebp
- 2 Chronicles 36:9–10 says Jehoiachin was eight when he began to reign and reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2CH 36:9–10, engwebp
9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
10At the return of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the LORD’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2CH 36:9–10, engwebp
Kings and Chronicles give eighteen and eight respectively for Jehoiachin’s age, and three months versus three months and ten days for his reign. This collection does not alter either account to fit the other.
Unresolved interpretation: Zedekiah’s kinship to Jehoiachin
- 2 Kings 24:17 calls Mattaniah, renamed Zedekiah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother in WEB, and 아자비 in the Korean Revised Version.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 24:17–20, engwebp
17The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
18Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
19He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that Jehoiakim had done.
20For through the anger of the LORD, this happened in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence. Then Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
- 2KI 24:17–20, engwebp
- At 2 Chronicles 36:10 the Korean Revised Version calls Zedekiah Jehoiachin’s 아자비, a paternal uncle, while WEB calls him his brother.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2CH 36:9–10, engwebp
9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
10At the return of the year, King Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the LORD’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2CH 36:9–10, engwebp
2 Kings 24:17 and the Korean of 2 Chronicles 36:10 describe Zedekiah as Jehoiachin’s paternal uncle; WEB 2 Chronicles 36:10 says brother. This collection preserves those statements without turning one kinship term into the other.
Unresolved interpretation: The days, the cubits and the number of men at 2 Kings 25:8, 25:17, 25:19 and 25:27 and Jeremiah 52:12, 52:22, 52:25 and 52:31
- 2 Kings 25:8 says, “in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon”; 25:17 says of the capital of bronze on the pillar, “The height of the capital was three cubits”; 25:19 names among those taken out of the city “an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city”; and 25:27 says, “In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month”.
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- 2KI 25:8–12, engwebp
8Now in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem.
9He burned the LORD’s house, the king’s house, and all the houses of Jerusalem. He burned every great house with fire.
10All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down the walls around Jerusalem.
11Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the rest of the people who were left in the city and those who had deserted to the king of Babylon—all the rest of the multitude.
12But the captain of the guard left some of the poorest of the land to work the vineyards and fields.
- 2KI 25:13–17, engwebp
13The Chaldeans broke up the pillars of bronze that were in the LORD’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house, and carried the bronze pieces to Babylon.
14They took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
15The captain of the guard took away the fire pans, the basins, that which was of gold, for gold, and that which was of silver, for silver.
16The two pillars, the one sea, and the bases, which Solomon had made for the LORD’s house, the bronze of all these vessels was not weighed.
17The height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits, and a capital of bronze was on it. The height of the capital was three cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital around it, all of bronze; and the second pillar with its network was like these.
- 2KI 25:18–21, engwebp
18The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold;
19and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and five men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe, the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land, and sixty men of the people of the land who were found in the city.
20Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
21The king of Babylon attacked them and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- 2KI 25:27–30, engwebp
27In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison,
28and he spoke kindly to him and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
29and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life;
30and for his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him from the king, every day a portion, all the days of his life.
- 2KI 25:8–12, engwebp
- Jeremiah 52:12 says, “in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon”; 52:22 says of the capital of bronze on the pillar, “the height of the one capital was five cubits”; 52:25 names among those taken out of the city “an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city”; and 52:31 says, “In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month”.
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- JER 52:12–16, engwebp
12Now in the fifth month, in the tenth day of the month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, who stood before the king of Babylon, came into Jerusalem.
13He burned the LORD’s house, and the king’s house; and all the houses of Jerusalem, even every great house, he burned with fire.
14All the army of the Chaldeans, who were with the captain of the guard, broke down all the walls of Jerusalem all around.
15Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the poorest of the people, and the rest of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the multitude.
16But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left of the poorest of the land to be vineyard keepers and farmers.
- JER 52:17–23, engwebp
17The Chaldeans broke the pillars of bronze that were in the LORD’s house and the bases and the bronze sea that were in the LORD’s house in pieces, and carried all of their bronze to Babylon.
18They also took away the pots, the shovels, the snuffers, the basins, the spoons, and all the vessels of bronze with which they ministered.
19The captain of the guard took away the cups, the fire pans, the basins, the pots, the lamp stands, the spoons, and the bowls; that which was of gold, as gold, and that which was of silver, as silver.
20They took the two pillars, the one sea, and the twelve bronze bulls that were under the bases, which King Solomon had made for the LORD’s house. The bronze of all these vessels was without weight.
21As for the pillars, the height of the one pillar was eighteen cubits; and a line of twelve cubits encircled it; and its thickness was four fingers. It was hollow.
22A capital of bronze was on it; and the height of the one capital was five cubits, with network and pomegranates on the capital all around, all of bronze. The second pillar also had the same, with pomegranates.
23There were ninety-six pomegranates on the sides; all the pomegranates were one hundred on the network all around.
- JER 52:24–27, engwebp
24The captain of the guard took Seraiah the chief priest, and Zephaniah the second priest, and the three keepers of the threshold,
25and out of the city he took an officer who was set over the men of war; and seven men of those who saw the king’s face, who were found in the city; and the scribe of the captain of the army, who mustered the people of the land; and sixty men of the people of the land, who were found in the middle of the city.
26Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard took them, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah.
27The king of Babylon struck them, and put them to death at Riblah in the land of Hamath. So Judah was carried away captive out of his land.
- JER 52:31–34, engwebp
31In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.
32He spoke kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon,
33and changed his prison garments. Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life.
34For his allowance, there was a continual allowance given him by the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life.
- JER 52:12–16, engwebp
2 Kings 25:8 gives the seventh day of the fifth month, and Jeremiah 52:12 the tenth day. 2 Kings 25:17 gives the height of the capital as three cubits, and Jeremiah 52:22 as five cubits. 2 Kings 25:19 names an officer who was set over the men of war and five men of those who saw the king’s face, and Jeremiah 52:25 an officer and seven men (the Korean Revised Version reads 내시 하나 at 2 Kings 25:19 and 장관 하나 at Jeremiah 52:25, where WEB reads “an officer” in both). 2 Kings 25:27 gives the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month, and Jeremiah 52:31 the twenty-fifth day. Both editions give the two books’ numbers so. This collection keeps each book’s numbers as that book gives them, does not alter either to fit the other, and does not decide why they differ.
All 8 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Jehoiakim — Father of — Jehoiachin
Evidence: 2 Chronicles 36:5–8, 2 Kings 24:5–7, 2 Kings 24:8–9
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Nehushta — Mother of — Jehoiachin
Evidence: 2 Kings 24:8–9
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Took part in (6) — Jehoiachin reigns in Jerusalem three months and does evil in the LORD’s sight, The king of Babylon captures Jehoiachin and carries him into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon, Jehoiachin king of Judah released out of prison in the year that Evilmerodach king of Babylon began to reign, Jehoiakim reigns and Nebuchadnezzar binds him, Jehoiachin is taken away and Zedekiah is made king, Evilmerodach king of Babylon lifts up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, releases him from prison and sets his throne above the throne of the kings in Babylon
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So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
and Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign.
He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, with the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the chief men of the land. He carried them into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison,
Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and his abominations which he did, and that which was found in him, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight.
In the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the twenty-fifth day of the month, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the first year of his reign, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and released him from prison.
In the fifth of the month, which was the fifth year of King Jehoiachin’s captivity,
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Entry: Jehoiachin (person-jehoiachin)
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Current wording: Named at 2 Kings 24:6: “So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.” 24:8 says, “Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem”, and 24:9 that he did that which was evil in the LORD’s sight, according to all that his father had done. At 24:12 “Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon—he, his mother, his servants, his princes, and his officers; and the king of Babylon captured him in the eighth year of his reign”; at 24:15 Jehoiachin is carried away to Babylon; and at 24:17 the king of Babylon makes Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place. At 25:27–29, in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, Evilmerodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, releases Jehoiachin out of prison and sets his throne above the throne of the kings who were with him in Babylon, and “Jehoiachin ate bread before him continually all the days of his life”. The Korean Revised Version names Evilmerodach at 25:27 only in the date (바벨론 왕 에윌므로닥의 즉위한 원년), and gives the release no subject.
Cited evidence: 2CH 36:5–8, engwebp / 2CH 36:9–10, engwebp / 2KI 24:5–7, engwebp / 2KI 24:8–9, engwebp / 2KI 24:10–16, engwebp / 2KI 24:17–20, engwebp / 2KI 25:27–30, engwebp / EZK 1:1–3, engwebp (and 1 more of 9)
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