And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son.
Parallel translations
- WEB The sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah his son.
- BSB The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.
- NKJV The sons of Jehoiakim were Jeconiah his son and Zedekiah his son.
- NASB The sons of Jehoiakim were his son Jeconiah and his son Zedekiah.
- NLT The successors of Jehoiakim were his son Jehoiachin and his brother Zedekiah.
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Quick answer
Jehoiakim's descendants were Jeconiah and Zedekiah. It carries the royal line into the exile.
Overview
Jeconiah (also called Jehoiachin or Coniah) was taken captive to Babylon (2 Kings 24:15). Though Jeremiah pronounced judgment on his line (Jeremiah 22:30), God preserved the family, and Jeconiah appears in Jesus' genealogy (Matthew 1:11-12). This shows God's grace overcoming judgment to keep His promise to David through Christ.
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- 2 Kgs 24:6So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
- Matt 1:11And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
- 2 Kgs 24:17And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father’s brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah.
- 2 Kgs 24:8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
- Jer 22:24As I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence;
- 2 Kgs 25:27And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth day of the month, that Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
- 2 Chr 36:9Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
- Jer 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised broken idol? is he a vessel wherein is no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not?
- 1 Chr 3:15And the sons of Josiah were, the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, the fourth Shallum.
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