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Jehoiachin יְהוֹיָכִין
King of Judah. Jehoiachin, also known as Jeconiah, Coniah, or Shallum, was a king of Judah who reigned for three months before being exiled to Babylon.
Also called Joyachin, Jeconiah, Coniah, Shallum.
Family
In the genealogy of Jesus · Kings of Israel and Judah
Where Jehoiachin appears
Jeremiah (9), 2 Kings (5), 1 Chronicles (2), 2 Chronicles (2), Matthew (2), Esther (1), Ezekiel (1)
Key verses
- 2 Kings 24:6 first mention — So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
- 2 Kings 24:12 — And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign.
- 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 Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
- Jeremiah 22:24 — As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
- Jeremiah 22:28 — Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
- Jeremiah 24:1 — The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.
- Jeremiah 28:4 — And I will bring again to this place Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, with all the captives of Judah, that went into Babylon, saith the LORD: for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.
- Jeremiah 37:1 — And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah.
- Jeremiah 52:31 — And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison,
- Ezekiel 1:2 — In the fifth day of the month, which was the fifth year of king Jehoiachin’s captivity,
- Matthew 1:11 — And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
- Matthew 1:12 — And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel;
Person data: STEPBible.org TIPNR, Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0), adapted. Verse text: King James Version.