People of the Bible

Jehoiachin

also called Jeconiah, Coniah, Jechonias · 616 BC – · Genealogy of Jesus · Tribe of Judah

Family

Born: Jerusalem
Died: Babylon

In the story

Reign of Jeconiah · 597 BC

Easton’s Bible Dictionary

Succeeded his father Jehoiakin (B.C. 599) when only eight years of age, and reigned for one hundred days (2 Chr. 36:9). He is also called Jeconiah (Jer. 24:1; 27:20, etc.), and Coniah (22:24; 37:1). He was succeeded by his uncle, Mattaniah = Zedekiah (q.v.). He was the last direct heir to the Jewish crown. He was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, along with the flower of the nobility, all the leading men in Jerusalem, and a great body of the general population, some thirteen thousand in all (2 Kings 24:12-16; Jer. 52:28). After an imprisonment of thirty-seven years (Jer. 52:31, 33), he was liberated by Evil-merodach, and permitted to occupy a place in the king’s household and sit at his table, receiving “every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life” (52:32-34).

From M. G. Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1893), in the public domain.

Named in 21 verses

2 Kings: 24:6, 24:8, 24:12, 24:15, 25:27
1 Chronicles: 3:16, 3:17
2 Chronicles: 36:8, 36:9
Esther: 2:6
Jeremiah: 22:24, 22:28, 24:1, 27:20, 28:4, 29:2, 37:1, 52:31
Ezekiel: 1:2
Matthew: 1:11, 1:12

The family, dates and events on this page come from Theographic, a knowledge graph of the Bible by Robert Rouse, used and shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. It is a work in progress, and its dates follow one reconstruction of biblical chronology among several. The dictionary article above is separately in the public domain.