Historic Jesus

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. brought
is a slight problem here with regard to the age at which Jehoiachin started to reign. While 2 Chr. 36:9 quotes it as eight, 2 Ki. 24:8 puts it as eighteen. There
Ki 24:8 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, 2
he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother's name was Nehushta daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem. This is probably because of the inability to distinguish the slight and
of numbers 8 and 18 the original. eighteen could have been more probable because must have been married by then since 2 Ki. 24:15 mentions the king’s wives specifically. But he did not have any children at that time as they are not mentioned in the list of variation
He was probably impotent. Or was he 8 and had early captives.
This is unlikely as child marriage was unknown among the Jews. So modern scholarship translates it as eighteen. marriage?
prophecy against Jeconiah (Coniah) can be found in Jeremiah 22:24-30 Jer 22:24 "As surely as I live," declares the LORD, "even if you, The
son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on my Jehoiachin
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Chr 36:10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and 2
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hand, would still pull you off.
22:25 I will hand you over to those who seek your life, those you fear--to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and to the Babylonians. Jer 22:26 I will hurl you and the mother who gave you birth into right
country, where neither of you was born, and there you both will die. Jer 22:27 You will never come back to the land you long to return to." another