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Jeconiah (Jehoiachin)(Jechonias)(Jeconiah)(Coniah)(Jekonjah) ha-David, King of Judah

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  • Name Jeconiah (Jehoiachin)(Jechonias)(Jeconiah)(Coniah)(Jekonjah) ha-David 
    Suffix King of Judah 
    Gender Male 
    Anecdote 587 B.C. 

    • ·taken captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar II || As noted by tablets found in Babylon dating from Nebuchadnezzar II, 595-570, where is listed the deliveries of rations of oil and barley to the captive Jehoiachim and five of his sons, among others
    Anecdote 558 B.C. 

    • ·released from his captivity by Evilmerodach and reinstated as King of Judah || 2 Kings 25:27 "And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison." 25:28 "And he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon."
    Death Yes, date unknown 
    Notes 
    • «b»http://www.rpi.edu/~holmes/Hobbies/Genealogy/ps31/ps31_228.htm«/b»

      «b»http://www.christiananswers.net/bible/mat1.html
      «/b»
      MATTHEW 3:12

      «b»Jehoiachin
      «/b»Also known as:
      «tab»«u»Jechonias «/u»
      «tab»Jechoniah (in New Revised Standard Version)
      «tab»Jeconiah («u»1 Chr. 3:16 «/u»)
      «tab»Coniah (an abbreviation of Jeconiah) («u»Jer. 22:24 «/u»)
      «tab»Jekonjah
      a Israelite king who succeeded his father Jehoiakin (B.C. 599) when only eight years of age, and reigned for one hundred days («u»2 Chr. 36:9 «/u»)
      He is also called «u»Jeconiah «/u» (Jer. 24:1; 27:20, etc.), and Coniah (22:24; 37:1). He was succeeded by his uncle, «u»Mattaniah «/u» = «u»Zedekiah «/u» (q.v.).
      He was the last direct heir to the Jewish crown. He was carried captive to «u»Babylon «/u» by «u»Nebuchadnezzar «/u», along with the flower of the nobility, all the leading men in «u»Jerusalem «/u», and a great body of the general population, some thirteen thousand in all («u»2 Kings 24:12-16 «/u»; «u»Jer. 52:28 «/u»).
      After an imprisonment of thirty-seven years («u»Jer. 52:31,33 «/u»), he was liberated by «u»Evil-merodach «/u», and permitted to occupy a place in the king's household and sit at his table, receiving "every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life" («u»52:32-34«/u»).
      «i»Author: Matthew G. Easton, with minor editing by Paul S. Taylor.
      «/i»
      «b»http://christiananswers.net/dictionary/jehoiachin.html«/b»

      «u»Edwin Thiele«/u» dates Jeconiah's reign of three months and ten days«u»[3]«/u» to 598/597 BC. According to «u»2 Kings 24:8 <http://bibref.hebtools.com/?book=2%20Kings&verse=24:8&src=NIV>«/u»
      «u»Babylonian «/u» records, called «u»Jehoiachin's Rations Tablets «/u», written in «u»Cuneiform «/u» and dating to «u»592 BC «/u» mention him and his five sons as recipients of food ration in «u»Babylon «/u». These 6th century BC tablets were excavated by «u»Robert Koldewey «/u» from «u»Babylon «/u» near the «u»Ishtar Gate «/u».
    Person ID I60792  Glenn Cook Family
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2013 

    Father Jehoiakim (Eliakim)(Jechoniah)(Jechonias) ha-David, King of Judah,   b. 633 B.C.   d. Yes, date unknown 
    Family ID F551617168  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family   
    Children 
     1. Salathiel (Shealtiel) (Pediah?) ha-David   d. Yes, date unknown
    Family ID F551617167  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Jun 2013