Jehoiachin's Short Reign and Exile to Babylon
2 Chronicles 36:9-10
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2 C.36.9 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- בן: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- שמונה: NUM,card,f
- שנים: NOUN,f,pl,abs
- יהויכין: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- במלכו: PREP+NOUN,m,sg,abs+PRON,3,m,sg
- ושלשה: CONJ+NUM,card,pl,m
- חדשים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- ועשרת: CONJ+NUM,card,m,pl,const
- ימים: NOUN,m,pl,abs
- מלך: NOUN,m,sg,cons
- בירושלם: PREP+NOUN,f,sg,abs
- ויעש: VERB,qal,impf,3,m,sg
- הרע: ADJ,m,sg,def
- בעיני: PREP+NOUN,f,pl,abs
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- 2 Kings 24:8-9 (verbal): Direct narrative parallel: records Jehoiachin's age and brief three-month reign in Jerusalem; both passages recount his evil in the sight of the LORD (note the age discrepancy between Chronicles and Kings).
- Jeremiah 52:31-34 (verbal): Continues the life story of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah): his exile to Babylon, later release and provision—complements the brief reign notice in Chronicles by reporting his fate in exile.
- 1 Chronicles 3:15-16 (structural): Genealogical listing that includes Jehoiachin/Jeconiah (son of Jehoiakim), linking the king named in 2 Chronicles to the Davidic genealogy and royal succession material in Chronicles.
- Jeremiah 22:24-30 (allusion): Prophetic oracle against 'Coniah' (Jeconiah/Jehoiachin) announcing judgment on his line and the end of his royal prospects—thematic parallel highlighting the king's culpability and its consequences.
Alternative generated candidates
- Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
2 C.36.10 - Details
Original Text
Morphology
- ולתשובת: CONJ+PREP+NOUN,f,sg,cons
- השנה: NOUN,f,sg,def
- שלח: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- המלך: NOUN,m,sg,def
- נבוכדנאצר: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- ויבאהו: CONJ+VERB,hiph,perf,3,mp
- בבלה: PREP+NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- עם: PREP
- כלי: NOUN,m,pl,const
- חמדת: NOUN,f,sg,cons
- בית: NOUN,m,sg,abs
- יהוה: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- וימלך: VERB,qal,perf,3,m,sg
- את: PRT,acc
- צדקיהו: NOUN,prop,m,sg,abs
- אחיו: NOUN,3,m,sg,abs
- על: PREP
- יהודה: NOUN,m,sg,prop
- וירושלם: CONJ+NOUN,m,sg,abs
Parallels
- 2 Kings 24:12-17 (quotation): Direct parallel in the Deuteronomistic history: Nebuchadnezzar carries Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) to Babylon, seizes the temple vessels, and sets Mattaniah (Zedekiah) over Judah and Jerusalem — language and actions echoed in Chronicles.
- Daniel 1:1-2 (verbal): Uses similar wording about Nebuchadnezzar taking Jerusalem and bringing the vessels of the house of God to Babylon (to the house of his god), connecting the deportation and removal of sacred temple objects.
- Jeremiah 52:28-30 (allusion): Records the deportations to Babylon under Nebuchadnezzar (numbers of exiles taken at different times), paralleling Chronicles’ report of people and valuables carried off to Babylon.
- Ezra 1:7-11 (thematic): Describes Cyrus’s later return of temple vessels taken to Babylon; thematically linked to Chronicles’ note that Nebuchadnezzar brought away the sacred vessels to Babylon.
Alternative generated candidates
- And in the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the LORD; and he made his brother Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- At the turn of the year Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of the house of the LORD; and he made Zedekiah, his uncle, king over Judah and Jerusalem.
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem; and he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
At the turn of the year the king of Babylon sent and brought him to Babylon, with the precious vessels of the house of the LORD; and he made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.