otherwise called Coniah, Jer. xxii, 24, and Jeconiah, 1
Chron. iii, 17, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and grandson of
Josiah. He ascended the throne, and reigned only three months. It seems
he was born about the time of the first Babylonish captivity, A. M.
3398, when Jehoiakim, or Eliakim, his father, was carried to Babylon.
Jehoiakim returned from Babylon, and reigned till A. M. 3405, when he
was killed by the Chaldeans, in the eleventh year of his reign; and was
succeeded by this Jehoiachin, who reigned alone three months and ten
days; but he reigned about ten years in conjunction with his father.
Thus 2 Kings xxiv, 8, is reconciled with 2 Chron. xxxvi, 9. In the
former of these passages, he is said to have been eighteen when he began
to reign, and in Chronicles only eight; that is, he was only eight when
he began to reign with his father, and eighteen when he began to reign
alone. He was a bad man, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, Jer.
xxii, 24. The time of his death is uncertain; and the words of the
Prophet Jeremiah, xxii, 30, are not to be taken in the strictest sense;
since he was the father of Salathiel and others, 1 Chron. iii, 17, 18;
Matt. i, 12.
Chron. iii, 17, the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and grandson of
Josiah. He ascended the throne, and reigned only three months. It seems
he was born about the time of the first Babylonish captivity, A. M.
3398, when Jehoiakim, or Eliakim, his father, was carried to Babylon.
Jehoiakim returned from Babylon, and reigned till A. M. 3405, when he
was killed by the Chaldeans, in the eleventh year of his reign; and was
succeeded by this Jehoiachin, who reigned alone three months and ten
days; but he reigned about ten years in conjunction with his father.
Thus 2 Kings xxiv, 8, is reconciled with 2 Chron. xxxvi, 9. In the
former of these passages, he is said to have been eighteen when he began
to reign, and in Chronicles only eight; that is, he was only eight when
he began to reign with his father, and eighteen when he began to reign
alone. He was a bad man, and did evil in the sight of the Lord, Jer.
xxii, 24. The time of his death is uncertain; and the words of the
Prophet Jeremiah, xxii, 30, are not to be taken in the strictest sense;
since he was the father of Salathiel and others, 1 Chron. iii, 17, 18;
Matt. i, 12.