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Jeconiah (Hebrew: יְכָנְיָה Yəḵonəyā [jəxɔnjaː], meaning "Yah has established"; Greek: Ἰεχονίας; Latin: Iechonias, Jechonias), also known as Coniah and as Jehoiachin (Hebrew: יְהוֹיָכִין Yəhōyāḵīn [jəhoːjaːˈxiːn]; Latin: Ioachin, Joachin), was the nineteenth and penultimate king of Judah who was ...
Jan 4, 2022 · The curse of Jeconiah is found in Jeremiah 22. First, the LORD likens the king to a signet ring on God’s hand—a ring that God will pull off (verse 24). Then, God pronounces a curse: “Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or ...
- Jeconiah and The Lineage of Jesus
- Plausible Solutions to This Problem
- Conclusion
Skeptics like to point out that Jeconiah is included in Matthew’s record of the lineage of Jesus (Matthew 1:11-12). This, they say, proves that Jesus cannot be the Messiah because God said to “count him as childless” and that, “…none of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah” (Jeremiah 22, see above)...
The first solution is simply the idea that the “offspring” of Jeconiah mentioned in the curse could be limited to the king’s own children; his immediate offspring, in other words. “This is exactly what happened, as Jeconiah was not successful as a king (he only reigned for three months before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar’s forces), and none of ...
Much more could be said, and argued concerning this topic; this article is but an introduction for those who may not have heard about it. It is my opinion that, were the appearance of Jeconiah in Jesus’ lineage a true problem, God would have had the Gospel writers address it and deal with it. However, this was not the case. Ra McLaughlin writes, “C...
- Robert Driskell
Jehoiachin, also known as Jeconiah (Hebrew: יְכָנְיָה, jəxɔnjɔh, meaning "God will fortify"), was one of the last kings of Judah. The son of King Jehoiakim, his reign in Jerusalem began upon the death of his father around 598 B.C.E. at the age of 18, near the beginning of the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem.
JECONIAH jĕk’ ə nī’ ə ( יְכָנְיָֽה; Ιεχονίας ). 1. Alternate name of Jehoiachin, king of Judah. 2. A Levite who lived in the time of Josiah ( 1 Esd 1:9 RSV; KJV, ASV JECONIAS); called Conaniah in 2 Chronicles 35:9 KJV, ASV. 3. Son of Josiah; king of Judah ( 1 Esd 1:34 RSV; RVmg. JECONIAS; KJV, ASV JOACHAZ).
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Jeconiah (9 Occurrences) Matthew 1:11 Josiah of Jeconiah and his brothers at the period of the Removal to Babylon. (WEY YLT NAS NIV) Matthew 1:12 After the Removal to Babylon Jeconiah had a son Shealtiel; Shealtiel was the father of Zerubbabel;
Jan 4, 2022 · King Jehoiachin, also referred to as Jeconiah and Coniah, ruled in Judah for three months and ten days ( 2 Chronicles 36:9) in 597 BC before he was taken captive to Babylon. He was eighteen years old when he began to rule and did evil in the eyes of the Lord ( 2 Chronicles 36:9; 2 Kings 24:8–9 ).
