Josiah
요시야
Named at 1 Kings 13:2, where the man of God (13:1) cries against the altar by the LORD’s word, and says, “Altar! Altar! The LORD says: ‘Behold, a son will be born to David’s house, Josiah by name. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’” 2 Kings 21:24 says that the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, “and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place”; 22:1–2 says, “Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left”; and 22:3–20 tells that in the eighteenth year of King Josiah the king sent Shaphan the scribe to the LORD’s house, that Hilkiah the high priest said that he had found the book of the law in the LORD’s house, that when the king heard the words of the book of the law he tore his clothes and commanded, “Go inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found”, that Huldah the prophetess gave the LORD’s word for the man who sent them, and that the words go on for the king of Judah, who sent them to inquire of the LORD, and include, “I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.” 2 Kings 23:1–3 says that the king read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the LORD’s house, and stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD; 23:4–20 that he commanded the vessels made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky to be brought out, and burned them in the fields of the Kidron, defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and broke down the altar that was at Bethel and the high place, and that Josiah took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, “according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things”; 23:22–23 that “there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem”; 23:25 that “There was no king like him before him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him”; and 23:29–30 that Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo, and that “His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.” 2 Chronicles 34:1–33 says Josiah becomes king at eight, removes idolatrous altars, commissions temple repairs, tears his clothes on hearing the discovered book of the law, receives Huldah’s message, and covenants with the people. 2 Chronicles 35:1–36:1 says Josiah keeps the Passover in Jerusalem, is shot after going out to fight Neco in the valley of Megiddo, dies in Jerusalem, and is succeeded by his son Jehoahaz, whom the people make king. Matthew 1:10–11 records in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17, “Amon became the father of Josiah. Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.”
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With 51 passages the text is not repeated here: each link opens its passage in the WEB text.
- 1 Kings13:1–5
- 2 Kings21:23–26, 22:1–2, 22:3–7, 22:8–11, 22:12–14, 22:15–17, 22:18–20, 23:1–3, 23:4–7, 23:8–9, 23:10–14, 23:15–18, 23:19–20, 23:21–23, 23:24–27, 23:28–30, 23:34–35
- 1 Chronicles3:10–16
- 2 Chronicles33:21–25, 34:1–2, 34:3–7, 34:8–13, 34:14–19, 34:20–22, 34:23–25, 34:26–28, 34:29–33, 35:1–6, 35:7–9, 35:10–15, 35:16–19, 35:20–22, 35:23–25, 35:26–27, 36:1–4
- Jeremiah1:1–3, 3:6–11, 22:10–12, 22:13–19, 25:1–14, 26:1–6, 27:1–11, 35:1–11, 36:1–8, 36:9–19, 37:1–2, 45:1–5, 46:1–12
- Zephaniah1:1–6
- Matthew1:1–17
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Unresolved interpretation: “To your grave in peace” at 2 Kings 22:20 and the death at Megiddo at 23:29–30
- 2 Kings 22:18–20 gives the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, for “the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD”, and in it, “I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.” These verses do not name the speaker.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 22:18–20, engwebp
18But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, tell him, “The LORD the God of Israel says, ‘Concerning the words which you have heard,
19because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you,’ says the LORD.
20‘Therefore behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.’”’” So they brought this message back to the king.
- 2KI 22:18–20, engwebp
- 2 Kings 23:29–30 says that in Josiah’s days (WEB “In his days”) Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates, “and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him. His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 23:28–30, engwebp
28Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
29In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.
30His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
- 2KI 23:28–30, engwebp
- 2 Chronicles 34:26–28 conveys that the king will be gathered to his grave in peace and not see the coming calamity. 35:20–25 says Josiah fights in the valley of Megiddo, is struck by archers, and dies after being brought to Jerusalem.
Source evidence (3)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2CH 34:26–28, engwebp
26But to the king of Judah, who sent you to inquire of the LORD, you shall tell him this, ‘The LORD, the God of Israel says: “About the words which you have heard,
27because your heart was tender, and you humbled yourself before God when you heard his words against this place and against its inhabitants, and have humbled yourself before me, and have torn your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you,” says the LORD.
28“Behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes won’t see all the evil that I will bring on this place and on its inhabitants.”’” They brought back this message to the king.
- 2CH 35:20–22, engwebp
20After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.
21But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, “What have I to do with you, you king of Judah? I come not against you today, but against the house with which I have war. God has commanded me to make haste. Beware that it is God who is with me, that he not destroy you.”
22Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn’t listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
- 2CH 35:23–25, engwebp
23The archers shot at King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”
24So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
25Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
- 2CH 34:26–28, engwebp
2 Kings 22:18–20 and 2 Chronicles 34:26–28 convey that the king will be gathered to his grave in peace. 2 Kings 23:29–30 describes his death at Megiddo and burial, while 2 Chronicles 35:20–25 describes battle and injury in the valley of Megiddo followed by death in Jerusalem. This collection does not settle how the promise of peace relates to these accounts.
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”.
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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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- 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: The sons of Josiah at 1 Chronicles 3:15
- 2 Kings 23:30 says, “The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place”, and 23:34, “Pharaoh Necoh made Eliakim the son of Josiah king in the place of Josiah his father, and changed his name to Jehoiakim”.
Source evidence (2)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 23:28–30, engwebp
28Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
29In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.
30His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
- 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 23:28–30, engwebp
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 says, “The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.”
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
- Jeremiah 22:11 says, “For the LORD says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: ‘He won’t return there any more.’” and 22:12, “But he will die in the place where they have led him captive. He will see this land no more.”
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- JER 22:10–12, engwebp
10Don’t weep for the dead. Don’t bemoan him; but weep bitterly for him who goes away, for he will return no more, and not see his native country.
11For the LORD says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: “He won’t return there any more.
12But he will die in the place where they have led him captive. He will see this land no more.”
- JER 22:10–12, engwebp
2 Kings 23:30 names Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and 23:34 Eliakim the son of Josiah, whose name was changed to Jehoiakim. 1 Chronicles 3:15 names the sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum, and does not name Jehoahaz. Jeremiah 22:11 gives the LORD’s word touching “Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place”. This collection records the Jehoiakim and the Zedekiah of 3:15 in their entries, and Johanan and Shallum in a list of names as sons of Josiah, linked to no entry. It records the Shallum of Jeremiah 22:11 in the entry of Jehoahaz (son of Josiah), because that verse gives him the father 2 Kings 23:30 gives Jehoahaz and tells again of one who reigned instead of Josiah his father; it keeps the Shallum of 1 Chronicles 3:15 in the list of names. The text does not say whether Jehoahaz is among the sons of 3:15, or which of them he would be, and this collection does not decide it. Nor does the text say whether the Shallum of Jeremiah 22:11 and the Shallum of 1 Chronicles 3:15 are one man, and this collection does not decide that either.
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: Abdon and Achbor among Josiah’s envoys to Huldah
- 2 Chronicles 34:20–22 names Abdon son of Micah among the envoys.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2CH 34:20–22, engwebp
20The king commanded Hilkiah, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Abdon the son of Micah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
21“Go inquire of the LORD for me, and for those who are left in Israel and in Judah, concerning the words of the book that is found; for great is the LORD’s wrath that is poured out on us, because our fathers have not kept the LORD’s word, to do according to all that is written in this book.”
22So Hilkiah and those whom the king had commanded went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tokhath, the son of Hasrah, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter), and they spoke to her to that effect.
- 2CH 34:20–22, engwebp
- 2 Kings 22:12–14 names Achbor son of Micaiah among the envoys.
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AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 22:12–14, engwebp
12The king commanded Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam the son of Shaphan, Achbor the son of Micaiah, Shaphan the scribe, and Asaiah the king’s servant, saying,
13“Go inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found; for great is the LORD’s wrath that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not listened to the words of this book, to do according to all that which is written concerning us.”
14So Hilkiah the priest, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan, and Asaiah went to Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe (now she lived in Jerusalem in the second quarter); and they talked with her.
- 2KI 22:12–14, engwebp
The envoys occupy corresponding roles, but both editions differ in name and patronymic; the entries remain separate.
Unresolved interpretation: The time used to compare Josiah’s Passover
- 2 Kings 23:21–23 says no such Passover had been kept from the days of the judges who judged Israel.
Source evidence (1)
AI-assisted comparison with the cited narrative; not independent historical verification.
- 2KI 23:21–23, engwebp
21The king commanded all the people, saying, “Keep the Passover to the LORD your God, as it is written in this book of the covenant.”
22Surely there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah;
23but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
- 2KI 23:21–23, engwebp
- 2 Chronicles 35:16–19 says no such Passover had been kept in Israel since Samuel the prophet.
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- 2CH 35:16–19, engwebp
16So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the LORD’s altar, according to the commandment of King Josiah.
17The children of Israel who were present kept the Passover at that time, and the feast of unleavened bread seven days.
18There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
19This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.
- 2CH 35:16–19, engwebp
Both books single out the Passover in Josiah’s eighteenth year, but Kings compares it with the days of the judges and Chronicles with the time since Samuel. This collection does not infer identical scopes for those expressions.
All 32 relationships: AI-assisted, human review pending
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Amon (son of Manasseh) — Father of — Josiah
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 3:10–16, 2 Chronicles 33:21–25, 2 Kings 21:23–26, Jeremiah 1:1–3, Jeremiah 25:1–14, Matthew 1:1–17, Zephaniah 1:1–6
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Josiah — Father of — Jechoniah
Evidence: Matthew 1:1–17
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Jedidah — Mother of — Josiah
Evidence: 2 Kings 22:1–2
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Josiah — Father of — Jehoahaz (son of Josiah)
Evidence: 2 Chronicles 36:1–4, 2 Kings 23:28–30, Jeremiah 22:10–12
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Josiah — Father of — Jehoiakim
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 3:10–16, 2 Kings 23:34–35, Jeremiah 1:1–3, Jeremiah 22:13–19, Jeremiah 25:1–14, Jeremiah 26:1–6, Jeremiah 27:1–11, Jeremiah 35:1–11, Jeremiah 36:1–8, Jeremiah 36:9–19, Jeremiah 45:1–5, Jeremiah 46:1–12
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Josiah — Father of — Zedekiah (Jehoiachin’s father’s brother)
Evidence: 1 Chronicles 3:10–16, Jeremiah 1:1–3, Jeremiah 37:1–2
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Took part in (26) — The servants of Amon conspire against him and put the king to death in his own house, and the people of the land make Josiah his son king in his place, Josiah begins to reign at eight years old, reigns thirty-one years in Jerusalem, and does that which is right in the LORD’s eyes, What King Josiah says of the money when he sends Shaphan the scribe to the LORD’s house, Hilkiah says that he has found the book of the law in the LORD’s house, and the king hears the words of the book and tears his clothes, The king commands Hilkiah, Ahikam, Achbor, Shaphan and Asaiah to inquire of the LORD, and they go to Huldah the prophetess, The words go on with the LORD’s word for the king of Judah who sent them to inquire of the LORD, and the message is brought back to the king, The king reads all the words of the book of the covenant in the LORD’s house and makes a covenant before the LORD, The king commands the vessels made for Baal to be brought out and burns them in the fields of the Kidron, and burns the Asherah at the brook Kidron, The high places defiled from Geba to Beersheba, and the high places of the gates broken down, The king defiles Topheth in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and breaks down the altars and casts their dust into the brook Kidron, The king breaks down the altar and the high place at Bethel, and burns on the altar the bones taken out of the tombs, Josiah takes away the high places in the cities of Samaria and returns to Jerusalem, The Passover kept to the LORD in Jerusalem in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, Josiah removes those who had familiar spirits and the idols, and the LORD says that he will also remove Judah, Pharaoh Necoh kills Josiah at Megiddo, and the people of the land anoint Jehoahaz and make him king, Josiah becomes king at eight and does right, Josiah removes altars and images in Judah and Israel, Josiah commissions temple repairs and overseers direct the work, Hilkiah finds the book of the law and the king tears his clothes, The king sends to inquire of the LORD through Huldah, Josiah reads the covenant, gathers the people, and removes abominations, Josiah keeps the Passover and instructs priests and Levites, Josiah and the leaders give Passover offerings, The Passover and seven-day feast are kept under Josiah, Josiah rejects Neco’s message and fights in Megiddo Valley, Josiah is shot and dies at Jerusalem, and Jeremiah and the people mourn
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He cried against the altar by the LORD’s word, and said, “Altar! Altar! The LORD says: ‘Behold, a son will be born to David’s house, Josiah by name. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’”
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
He was buried in his tomb in the garden of Uzza, and Josiah his son reigned in his place.
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath.
In the eighteenth year of King Josiah, the king sent Shaphan, the son of Azaliah the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the LORD’s house, saying,
As Josiah turned himself, he spied the tombs that were there in the mountain; and he sent, and took the bones out of the tombs, and burned them on the altar, and defiled it, according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things.
All the houses also of the high places that were in the cities of Samaria, which the kings of Israel had made to provoke the LORD to anger, Josiah took away, and did to them according to all the acts that he had done in Bethel.
but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem.
Moreover, Josiah removed those who had familiar spirits, the wizards, and the teraphim, and the idols, and all the abominations that were seen in the land of Judah and in Jerusalem, that he might confirm the words of the law which were written in the book that Hilkiah the priest found in the LORD’s house.
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?
In his days Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt went up against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates; and King Josiah went against him, but Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo when he saw him.
His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb. The people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and anointed him, and made him king in his father’s place.
Pharaoh 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.
Amon his son, and Josiah his son.
The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
But the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place.
Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem.
Josiah took away all the abominations out of all the countries that belonged to the children of Israel, and made all who were found in Israel to serve, even to serve the LORD their God. All his days they didn’t depart from following the LORD, the God of their fathers.
Josiah kept a Passover to the LORD in Jerusalem. They killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month.
Josiah gave to the children of the people, of the flock, lambs and young goats, all of them for the Passover offerings, to all who were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bulls. These were of the king’s substance.
So all the service of the LORD was prepared the same day, to keep the Passover, and to offer burnt offerings on the LORD’s altar, according to the commandment of King Josiah.
There was no Passover like that kept in Israel from the days of Samuel the prophet, nor did any of the kings of Israel keep such a Passover as Josiah kept—with the priests, the Levites, and all Judah and Israel who were present, and the inhabitants of Jerusalem.
This Passover was kept in the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah.
After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Neco king of Egypt went up to fight against Carchemish by the Euphrates, and Josiah went out against him.
Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and didn’t listen to the words of Neco from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo.
The archers shot at King Josiah; and the king said to his servants, “Take me away, because I am seriously wounded!”
So his servants took him out of the chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had, and brought him to Jerusalem; and he died, and was buried in the tombs of his fathers. All Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah.
Jeremiah lamented for Josiah, and all the singing men and singing women spoke of Josiah in their lamentations to this day; and they made them an ordinance in Israel. Behold, they are written in the lamentations.
Now the rest of the acts of Josiah and his good deeds, according to that which is written in the LORD’s law,
Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.
The LORD’s word came to him in the days of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, in the thirteenth year of his reign.
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done? She has gone up on every high mountain and under every green tree, and has played the prostitute there.
For the LORD says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: “He won’t return there any more.
Therefore the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They won’t lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah his glory!’
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (this was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon),
From the thirteenth year of Josiah the son of Amon, king of Judah, even to this day, these twenty-three years, the LORD’s word has come to me, and I have spoken to you, rising up early and speaking; but you have not listened.
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,
“Take a scroll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even to this day.
Now in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before the LORD.
Zedekiah 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.
The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Of Egypt: concerning the army of Pharaoh Necoh king of Egypt, which was by the river Euphrates in Carchemish, which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon struck in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah.
The LORD’s word which came to Zephaniah, the son of Cushi, the son of Gedaliah, the son of Amariah, the son of Hezekiah, in the days of Josiah, the son of Amon, king of Judah.
Hezekiah became the father of Manasseh. Manasseh became the father of Amon. Amon became the father of Josiah.
Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
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[Bibliadatum entry report] Entry: Josiah (person-josiah) Address: https://bibliadatum.org/en/wiki/person/josiah Current wording: Named at 1 Kings 13:2, where the man of God (13:1) cries against the altar by the LORD’s word, and says, “Altar! Altar! The LORD says: ‘Behold, a son will be born to David’s house, Josiah by name. On you he will sacrifice the priests of the high places who burn incense on you, and they will burn men’s bones on you.’” 2 Kings 21:24 says that the people of the land killed all those who had conspired against King Amon, “and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his place”; 22:1–2 says, “Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty-one years in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Jedidah the daughter of Adaiah of Bozkath. He did that which was right in the LORD’s eyes, and walked in all the ways of David his father, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left”; and 22:3–20 tells that in the eighteenth year of King Josiah the king sent Shaphan the scribe to the LORD’s house, that Hilkiah the high priest said that he had found the book of the law in the LORD’s house, that when the king heard the words of the book of the law he tore his clothes and commanded, “Go inquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found”, that Huldah the prophetess gave the LORD’s word for the man who sent them, and that the words go on for the king of Judah, who sent them to inquire of the LORD, and include, “I will gather you to your fathers, and you will be gathered to your grave in peace. Your eyes will not see all the evil which I will bring on this place.” 2 Kings 23:1–3 says that the king read in their hearing all the words of the book of the covenant which was found in the LORD’s house, and stood by the pillar and made a covenant before the LORD; 23:4–20 that he commanded the vessels made for Baal, for the Asherah, and for all the army of the sky to be brought out, and burned them in the fields of the Kidron, defiled Topheth, which is in the valley of the children of Hinnom, and broke down the altar that was at Bethel and the high place, and that Josiah took the bones out of the tombs and burned them on the altar, “according to the LORD’s word which the man of God proclaimed, who proclaimed these things”; 23:22–23 that “there was not kept such a Passover from the days of the judges who judged Israel, nor in all the days of the kings of Israel, nor of the kings of Judah; but in the eighteenth year of King Josiah, this Passover was kept to the LORD in Jerusalem”; 23:25 that “There was no king like him before him, who turned to the LORD with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his might, according to all the law of Moses; and there was none like him who arose after him”; and 23:29–30 that Pharaoh Necoh killed him at Megiddo, and that “His servants carried him dead in a chariot from Megiddo, brought him to Jerusalem, and buried him in his own tomb.” 2 Chronicles 34:1–33 says Josiah becomes king at eight, removes idolatrous altars, commissions temple repairs, tears his clothes on hearing the discovered book of the law, receives Huldah’s message, and covenants with the people. 2 Chronicles 35:1–36:1 says Josiah keeps the Passover in Jerusalem, is shot after going out to fight Neco in the valley of Megiddo, dies in Jerusalem, and is succeeded by his son Jehoahaz, whom the people make king. Matthew 1:10–11 records in the genealogy of Matthew 1:1–17, “Amon became the father of Josiah. Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.” Cited evidence: 1CH 3:10–16, engwebp / 1KI 13:1–5, engwebp / 2CH 33:21–25, engwebp / 2CH 34:1–2, engwebp / 2CH 34:3–7, engwebp / 2CH 34:8–13, engwebp / 2CH 34:14–19, engwebp / 2CH 34:20–22, engwebp (and 43 more of 51) Review state: ai-assisted / human-review-pending What looks wrong: (not written yet) --- This collection records what the text says and does not settle interpretation. A report about a reading that divides opinion may be registered as an unresolved issue rather than corrected.