Notes on Jeconiah; the cursed King

Jeremiah 22; 18 - 30

18 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah:
"They will not mourn for him: `Alas, my brother! Alas, my sister!'
They will not mourn for him: `
Alas, my master! Alas, his splendor!'

19 He will have the burial of a donkey--
dragged away and thrown outside the gates of Jerusalem."

20 "Go up to Lebanon and cry out,
let your voice be heard in Bashan,
cry out from Abarim,
for all your allies are crushed.

21 I warned you when you felt secure, but you said, `I will not listen!' This has been your way from your youth; you have not obeyed me.

22 The wind will drive all your shepherds away, and your allies will go into exile. Then you will be ashamed and disgraced because of all your wickedness.

23 You who live in `Lebanon, [2] ' who are nestled in cedar buildings, how you will groan when pangs come upon you, pain like that of a woman in labor!

24 "As surely as I live," declares the LORD, "even if you, Jehoiachin [3] son of Jehoiakim king of Judah,
were a signet ring on my right hand,
I would still pull you off.

25 I will hand you over to those who seek your life, those you fear--
to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Babylonians. [4]

26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into another country,
where neither of you was born, and there you both will die.

27 You will never come back to the land you long to return to."

28 Is this man Jehoiachin a despised, broken pot, an object no one wants?
Why will he and his children be hurled out,
cast into a land they do not know?

29 O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD!

30 This is what the LORD says:
"Record this man as if childless,
a man who will not prosper in his lifetime,
for none of his offspring will prosper,
none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah."

2.[23] That is, the palace in Jerusalem (see 1 Kings 7:2)
3.[24] Hebrew Coniah, a variant of Jehoiachin; also in verse 28
4.[25] Or Chaldeans

2 Kings 24:6 - 16

6 Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

7 The king of Egypt did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory,
from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.
His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

9 He did evil in the eyes of the LORD,
just as his father had done.

10 At that time the officers of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon advanced on Jerusalem and laid siege to it,

11 and Nebuchadnezzar himself came up to the city while his officers were besieging it.

12 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his attendants, his nobles and his officials all surrendered to him. In the eighth year of the reign of the king of Babylon, he took Jehoiachin prisoner.

13 As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar removed all the treasures from the temple of the LORD and from the royal palace,
and took away all the gold articles that Solomon king of Israel had made for the temple of the LORD.

14 He carried into exile all Jerusalem: all the officers and fighting men, and all the craftsmen and artisans--a total of ten thousand. Only the poorest people of the land were left.

15 Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin captive to Babylon.
He also took from Jerusalem to Babylon the king's mother, his wives, his officials and the leading men of the land.

16 The king of Babylon also deported to Babylon the entire force of seven thousand fighting men, strong and fit for war,
and a thousand craftsmen and artisans.

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2 Kings 25: 27 - 30

27 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the year Evil-Merodach became king of Babylon, he released Jehoiachin from prison on the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month.

28 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

29 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table.

30 Day by day the king gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived.

1 Chronicles 3:16 - 17

16 The successors of Jehoiakim: Jehoiachin his son, and Zedekiah.

17 The descendants of Jehoiachin the captive: Shealtiel his son,

2 Chronicles 36:8 - 10

8 The other events of Jehoiakim's reign,
the detestable things he did and all that was found against him,
are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.
And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.

9Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king,
and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days.
He did evil in the eyes of the LORD.

10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon,
together with articles of value from the temple of the LORD,
and he made Jehoiachin's uncle, Zedekiah, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

Esther 2:6

5 Now there was in the citadel of Susa a Jew of the tribe of Benjamin, named Mordecai son of Jair, the son of Shimei, the son of Kish,

6 who had been carried into exile from Jerusalem by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, among those taken captive with Jehoiachin king of Judah.

Jeremiah 24:1

1 After Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and the officials, the craftsmen and the artisans of Judah were carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the LORD showed me two baskets of figs placed in front of the temple of the LORD.

Jeremiah 27:20 - 22

20 which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon did not take away when he carried Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon, along with all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem--

21 yes, this is what the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, says about the things that are left in the house of the LORD and in the palace of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem:

22 `They will be taken to Babylon and there they will remain until the day I come for them,' declares the LORD.
`Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.'"

Jeremiah 28:4

4 I will also bring back to this place Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim king of Judah and all the other exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,' declares the LORD, `for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.'"

Jeremiah 29:2

2 (This was after King Jehoiachin and the queen mother, the court officials and the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen and the artisans had gone into exile from Jerusalem.)

Jeremiah 37:1

1 Zedekiah son of Josiah was made king of Judah by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon;
he reigned in place of Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim.

Jeremiah 52:31 - 34

31 In the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Jehoiachin king of Judah,
in the year Evil-Merodach became king of Babylon,
he released Jehoiachin king of Judah and freed him from prison on the twenty-fifth day of the twelfth month.

32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a seat of honor higher than those of the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

33 So Jehoiachin put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life ate regularly at the king's table.

34 Day by day the king of Babylon gave Jehoiachin a regular allowance as long as he lived, till the day of his death.

Ezekiel 1:2

2 On the fifth of the month--it was the fifth year of the exile of King Jehoiachin--

Mathew 1:11 - 12

11 and Josiah the father of Jeconiah [1] and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
12 After the exile to Babylon: Jeconiah was the father of Shealtiel, Shealtiel the father of Zerubbabel,

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