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Jehoiachin Rules in Judah

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem.

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Jehoiachin Rules in Judah

Jehoiachin was eighteen[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. Jehoiachin did what was evil in the Lord’s sight.

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Footnotes

  1. 36:9 As in one Hebrew manuscript, some Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 2 Kgs 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts read eight.

16 The successors of Jehoiakim were his son Jehoiachin and his brother Zedekiah.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 3:16 Hebrew The sons of Jehoiakim were his son Jeconiah [a variant spelling of Jehoiachin] and his son Zedekiah.

Zedekiah Calls for Jeremiah

37 Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jehoiachin[a] son of Jehoiakim as the king of Judah. He was appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar[b] of Babylon.

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Footnotes

  1. 37:1a Hebrew Coniah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin.
  2. 37:1b Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar.

Good and Bad Figs

24 After King Nebuchadnezzar[a] of Babylon exiled Jehoiachin[b] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, to Babylon along with the officials of Judah and all the craftsmen and artisans, the Lord gave me this vision. I saw two baskets of figs placed in front of the Lord’s Temple in Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 24:1a Hebrew Nebuchadrezzar, a variant spelling of Nebuchadnezzar.
  2. 24:1b Hebrew Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin.

28 “Why is this man Jehoiachin like a discarded, broken jar?
    Why are he and his children to be exiled to a foreign land?

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A Message for Jehoiachin

24 “As surely as I live,” says the Lord, “I will abandon you, Jehoiachin[a] son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah. Even if you were the signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off.

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Footnotes

  1. 22:24 Hebrew Coniah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin; also in 22:28.

11 Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin[a] and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
12 After the Babylonian exile:
Jehoiachin was the father of Shealtiel.
Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel.

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Footnotes

  1. 1:11 Greek Jeconiah, a variant spelling of Jehoiachin; also in 1:12. See 2 Kgs 24:6 and note at 1 Chr 3:16.

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