Jehoiachin: Succeeded his father Jehoiakin (B.C. 599) when only eight years of
age, and reigned for one hundred days
(2 Chronicles 36:9) He is also called
Jeconiah
(Jeremiah 24:1; 27:20) etc., and Coniah
(Jeremiah 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; Jeremiah 52:28) After an
imprisonment of thirty-seven years
(Jeremiah 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"
(Jeremiah 52:32-34)
