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JEHOIACHIN (Heb. " Yah[weh] establisheth ")

This article appears in Volume V15, Page 310 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: JEE-JUN
JEHOIACHIN (Heb. " Yah[weh] establisheth ") , in the Bible, son of
Jehoiakim
  and king of Judah (2 Kings xxiv. 8 sqq.; 2 Chron, xxxvi. 9 seq.). He came to the throne at the age of eighteen in the midst of the Chaldean invasion of Judah, and is said to have reigned three months. He was compelled to surrender to
Nebuchadrezzar
  and was carried off to Babylon (597 B.C.). This was the First Captivity, and from it
Ezekiel
  (one of the exiles)
dates
  his prophecies. Eight thousand
people
  of the better class (including artisans, &c.) were removed, the Temple was partially despoiled (see Jer.
xxvii
 . 18-20; xxiii.v. 3 seq.),' and Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah (son of Josiah) was appointed king. Jehoiachin's fate is outlined in Jer. xxii. 20-30 (cf.
xxvii
 . 20). Nearly
forty
  years later,
Nebuchadrezzar
  II. died (562 B.C.) and Evil-Merodach (Amil-Marduk) his successor released the unfortunate
captive
  and gave him precedence over the other subjugated kings who were kept prisoners in Babylon. With this gleam of
hope
  for the unhappy Judaeans both the
book
  of Kings and the prophecies of Jeremiah conclude (2 Kings xxv. 2730; Jer. lii. 31-34)
See, further, JEREMIAH (especially chaps. xxiv., xxvii. seq.), and


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