Josiah was the father of Jehoiachin and his brothers (born at the time of the exile to Babylon).
Parallel translations
- WEB Josiah became the father of Jechoniah and his brothers, at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- KJV And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon:
- BSB and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- NKJV Josiah begot Jeconiah and his brothers about the time they were carried away to Babylon.
- NASB Josiah fathered Jeconiah and his brothers, at the time of the deportation to Babylon.
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Quick answer
The line reaches Jechoniah at the time of the Babylonian exile, the lowest point of the monarchy. The promise survives even national catastrophe.
Overview
The deportation to Babylon was Judah's great judgment, and Jechoniah was cursed so that no descendant would prosper on David's throne (Jeremiah 22:30). That the Messiah comes through this line, yet legally rather than as a direct ruling heir, shows God working around the curse. The exile sets the stage for the hope of restoration that Jesus fulfills.
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- Jer 27:20which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn’t take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
- Jer 52:28–30This is the people whom Nebuchadnezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand twenty-three Jews;
- Dan 1:2The Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with part of the vessels of the house of God; and he carried them into the land of Shinar to the house of his god: and he brought the vessels into the treasure house of his god.
- Jer 52:11–15He put out the eyes of Zedekiah; and the king of Babylon bound him in fetters, and carried him to Babylon, and put him in prison until the day of his death.
- 2 Kgs 25:11Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive the residue of the people who were left in the city, and those who fell away, who fell to the king of Babylon, and the residue of the multitude.
- 2 Chr 36:10At the return of the year, king Nebuchadnezzar sent and brought him to Babylon, with the valuable vessels of Yahweh’s house, and made Zedekiah his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- 2 Kgs 23:31Jehoahaz was twenty-three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Hamutal the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
- 1 Chr 3:15–17The sons of Josiah: the firstborn Johanan, the second Jehoiakim, the third Zedekiah, and the fourth Shallum.
- 2 Chr 36:20He carried those who had escaped from the sword away to Babylon, and they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia,
- Jer 2:10–28For pass over to the islands of Kittim, and see; and send to Kedar, and consider diligently; and see if there has been such a thing.
- Jer 39:9Then Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive into Babylon the residue of the people who remained in the city, the deserters also who fell away to him, and the residue of the people who remained.
- 2 Chr 36:1–8Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father’s place in Jerusalem.
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