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JEHOIACHIN (Heb. " Yah[weh] establisheth ") , in the See also: Bible, son of Jehoiakim and See also: king of
See also: Judah (2 See also: Kings See also: xxiv
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8 sqq.; 2 Chron, See also: xxxvi
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9 seq.)
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He came to the See also: throne at the age of eighteen in the midst of the Chaldean invasion of Judah, and is said to have reigned three months
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He was compelled to surrender to See also: Nebuchadrezzar and was carried off to See also: Babylon (597 B.C.)
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This was the First Captivity, and from it Ezekiel (one of the exiles) See also: dates his prophecies
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Eight thousand See also: people of the better class (including artisans, &c.) were removed, the See also: Temple was partially despoiled (see Jer. See also: xxvii
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18-20; See also: xxiii.v
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3 seq.),' and Jehoiachin's See also: uncle Mattaniah (son of Josiah) was appointed king
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Jehoiachin's See also: fate is outlined in Jer. xxii
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20-30 (cf. xxvii
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20)
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Nearly See also: forty years later, Nebuchadrezzar II. died (562 B.C.) and Evil-Merodach (Amil-See also: Marduk) his successor released the unfortunate See also: captive and gave him precedence over the other subjugated kings who were kept prisoners in Babylon
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With this gleam of hope for the unhappy Judaeans both the See also: book of Kings and the prophecies of See also: Jeremiah conclude (2 Kings See also: xxv
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27–30; Jer. lii
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