The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
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The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
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And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
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And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
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- 2 Kings 24:6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
- Matthew 1:11 Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
- 2 Kings 24:17 The king of Babylon made Mattaniah, Jehoiachin’s father’s brother, king in his place, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- Jeremiah 22:24 “As I live,” says Yahweh, “though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet on my right hand, I would still pluck you from there.
- 2 Kings 25:27 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, lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
- 1 Chronicles 3:15 The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did that which was evil in Yahweh’s sight.
- Jeremiah 22:28 Is 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?
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his…
1Ch 3:16 And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
Ver. 16. Zedekiah his son.] Not his natural son, as being his uncle, but his legal son, that is, his successor.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Not his natural son, for he was his uncle,…
Not his natural son, for he was his uncle, 2Ki 24:17; but his legal son, or his successor, upon whom the son’s right was devolved by virtue of that law, Num 27:8-10, and therefore it is not strange if he have the name of
son with it. See Poole "Luk 3:1". Or this was another Zedekiah; because it is improbable, and without example, that one and the same man should be twice mentioned in the same genealogy as the son of two several parents.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Malchiram also,.... That is, was a son of Jeconiah…
Malchiram also,.... That is, was a son of Jeconiah as well as Salathiel, and so the rest that follow:
and Pedaiah, and Shenazar, Jecamiah, Hoshama, and Nedabiah; Kimchi says these were the sons of Salathiel; but I rather think they were the sons of Jeconiah, and brethren of Salathiel, because of what follows.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain Zedekiak - This was another Zedekiah. How seldom has…
Zedekiak - This was another Zedekiah. How seldom has a crown gone in a direct line, from father to son, as it did here, for seventeen generations! This was the recompense of David's piety. About the captivity the lineal descent was interrupted, and the crown went from a nephew to an uncle, a presage of the glory's departing from that house.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 16. Zedekiah his son.] If this be the…
Verse 16. Zedekiah his son.] If this be the same who was the last king of Judah, before the captivity, the word son must be taken here to signify successor; for it is certain that Zedekiah was the successor of Jeconiah, and that Zedekiah was the son of Josiah, and not of Jehoiakim.
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Joseph Benson 1811 · Public Domain 1Ch 3:16. Zedekiah his son — This was another…
1Ch 3:16. Zedekiah his son — This was another Zedekiah. How seldom has a crown gone in a direct line, from father to son, as it did here, for seventeen generations! This was the recompense of David’s piety. About the captivity, the lineal descent was interrupted, and the crown went from a nephew to an uncle, a presage of the glory’s departing from that house.
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Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Jechonias, who is called also Joakim, (Worthington) and Cenias…
Jechonias, who is called also Joakim, (Worthington) and Cenias in Hebrew, Jeremias xxii. 28. (Calmet) --- Both the son and the grandson of Josias go under the name of Jechonias, Matthew i. 11. (Barradius i. 5. 16.) (Menochius) --- Sedecias. If this be the same with the king, was born must signify succeeded, as we know that Joakim was not the father of Sedecias. (Grotius, &c.)
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 16. Jeconiah] This name is sometimes shortened to Coniah…
16. Jeconiah] This name is sometimes shortened to Coniah (Jer_22:14) and written (with a slight change of meaning) Jehoiachin (2Ch_36:8-9; 2Ki_24:6 ff.).
Zedekiah his son] Zedekiah was heir, not son, to Jeconiah, whom he succeeded in the kingdom. His relationship to Jeconiah was that of uncle.
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Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (16) Jeconiah (Iah establish !)= Jehoiachin (Iahweh establisheth) =…
(16) Jeconiah (Iah establish !)= Jehoiachin (Iahweh establisheth) = Coniah (Jer_22:24; Jer_22:28—an abbreviation of Jeconiah), was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar (2Ki_24:15), and Zedekiah his father’s brother, became king in his stead. Hence the supposition that “Zedekiah his son” means “Zedekiah his successor” on the throne. (Comp. margin.) But (1) the phrase “his son” has its natural sense throughout the preceding list; and (2) there really is nothing against the apparent statement of the text that Jeconiah the king had a son named Zedekiah, after his great-uncle. As, like Johanan (1Ch_3:15), he did not come to the throne, this younger Zedekiah is not mentioned elsewhere. (See 1Ch_3:17, Note.)
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Of the above four brothers, sons of Josiah, the…
Of the above four brothers, sons of Josiah, the second, Jehoiakim, or Eliakim, had a son called Jeconiah, or Jehoiachin essentially the same word. He was eighteen years of age when he succeeded his father. (2Ki_24:8) A touching glimpse is given of him Jer_52:31. His name is shortened to Coniah in Jer_22:24 Jer_37:1, though elsewhere in the same prophet, Jeconiah, and in one place, (Jer_52:31) Jehoiachin. The name of Zedekiah occasions difficulty in this verse. In the first instance, following the examples of vers. 10-14, we should presume that this Zedekiah is set forth as a son of Jeconiah, and as it is not said that he reigned after Jeconiah (for it was undoubtedly Jeconiah"s uncle Zedekiah who reigned after him), we need only have read it as a statement of one of his sons. Against this, however, there are two tolerably decisive considerations; for, first, the verse opens confessedly by offering us sons of Jehoiakim, and these two, Jeconiah and Zedekiah, will fulfil the promise of that plural; and again, the seventeenth verse enters upon the formal enumeration of sons to Jeconiah. The question, therefore, returns Who was this Zedekiah, son of Jehoiakim? Some consider him identical with the Zedekiah of the previous verse, and that "his son" means here "his successor." This undoes fewer difficulties than it makes. If the text be not corrupt, the likeliest solution is to suppose that this Zedekiah of ver. 16 is an otherwise unknown brother of Jeconiah, and son of Jehoiakim.
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Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 3:16 The successors of Jehoiakim were his son Jehoiachin…
3:16 The successors of Jehoiakim were his son Jehoiachin and his brother Zedekiah: At the very end of the monarchy of Judah, the sequence of kings did not follow the typical pattern of the eldest son succeeding his father.
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