(A)Kish[a] had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captives who had been captured with [b]Jeconiah king of Judah, whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:6 Lit. Who
  2. Esther 2:6 Jehoiachin, 2 Kin. 24:6

14 Also (A)he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, (B)ten thousand captives, and (C)all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except (D)the poorest people of the land. 15 And (E)he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

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The Sign of Two Baskets of Figs

24 The (A)Lord showed me, and there were two baskets of figs set before the temple of the Lord, after Nebuchadnezzar (B)king of Babylon had carried away captive (C)Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the princes of Judah with the craftsmen and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

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20 And (A)those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, (B)where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia,

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(A)So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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Message to Coniah

24 As I live,” says the Lord, (A)“though [a]Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, (B)were the [b]signet on My right hand, yet I would pluck you off;

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:24 Or Jeconiah or Jehoiachin
  2. Jeremiah 22:24 signet ring

The Reign and Captivity of Jehoiachin(A)

(B)Jehoiachin was [a]eight years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the Lord. 10 At the turn of the year (C)King Nebuchadnezzar summoned him and took him to Babylon, (D)with the costly articles from the house of the Lord, and made (E)Zedekiah,[b] [c]Jehoiakim’s brother, king over Judah and Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:9 Heb. mss., LXX, Syr. eighteen and 2 Kin. 24:8
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Or Mattaniah
  3. 2 Chronicles 36:10 Lit. his brother, 2 Kin. 24:17

28 “Is this man [a]Coniah a despised, broken idol—
(A)A vessel in which is no pleasure?
Why are they cast out, he and his descendants,
And cast into a land which they do not know?

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 22:28 See note at v. 24

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