Jeremiah 28:24

Wherefore the wrath of the Lord came upon Judah and Jerusalem. Cf. for the expression, 2 Chronicles 24:18 ; 2 Chronicles 32:25 ; on 2 Chronicles 29:8 , cf. Deuteronomy 28:25 , Deuteronomy 28:37 ; Jeremiah 24:9 ; Jeremiah 25:9 , etc. "As ye see with your eyes." The shameful defeats which Judah had sustained under Ahaz from the Syrians, Ephraimites, Philistines, and Edomites, and the oppression by the Syrian king ( 2 Chronicles 28:5 ., 2 Chronicles 28:17-21 ), are here referred to, as we learn from 2 Chronicles 29:9 .

Wherefore the wrath of the Lord came upon Judah and Jerusalem. Cf. for the expression, 2 Chronicles 24:18 ; 2 Chronicles 32:25 ; on 2 Chronicles 29:8 , cf. Deuteronomy 28:25 , Deuteronomy 28:37 ; Jeremiah 24:9 ; Jeremiah 25:9 , etc. "As ye see with your eyes." The shameful defeats which Judah had sustained under Ahaz from the Syrians, Ephraimites, Philistines, and Edomites, and the oppression by the Syrian king ( 2 Chronicles 28:5 ., 2 Chronicles 28:17-21 ), are here referred to, as we learn from 2 Chronicles 29:9 .

(cf. 2 Chronicles 36:9 and 2 Chronicles 36:10 ). Jehoiachin, יהויכין or יויכין ( Ezekiel 1:2 ), i.e., he whom Jehovah fortifies, called יכניהוּ in 1 Chronicles 3:16-17 , and Jeremiah 27:20 ; Jeremiah 28:4 , etc., and כּניהוּ in Jeremiah 22:24 , Jeremiah 22:28 ; Jeremiah 37:1 , probably according to the popular twisting and contraction of the name Jehoiachin, was eighteen years old when he ascended the throne (the eight years of the Chronicles are a slip of the pen), and reigned three months, or, according to the more precise statement of the Chronicles, three months and ten days, in the spirit of his father. Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 19:5-7 ) describes him not only as a young lion, who learned to prey and devoured men, like Jehoahaz, but also affirms of him that he knew their (the deceased men's) widows, i.e., ravished them, and destroyed their cities-that is to say, he did not confine his deeds of violence to individuals, but extended them to all that was left behind by those whom he had murdered, viz., to their families and possessions; and nothing is affirmed in Jeremiah 22:24 and Jeremiah 22:28 respecting his character at variance with this. His mother Nehushta was a daughter of Elnathan, a ruler of the people, or prince, from Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 26:22 ; Jeremiah 36:12 , Jeremiah 36:25 ).

(cf. 2 Chronicles 36:9 and 2 Chronicles 36:10 ). Jehoiachin, יהויכין or יויכין ( Ezekiel 1:2 ), i.e., he whom Jehovah fortifies, called יכניהוּ in 1 Chronicles 3:16-17 , and Jeremiah 27:20 ; Jeremiah 28:4 , etc., and כּניהוּ in Jeremiah 22:24 , Jeremiah 22:28 ; Jeremiah 37:1 , probably according to the popular twisting and contraction of the name Jehoiachin, was eighteen years old when he ascended the throne (the eight years of the Chronicles are a slip of the pen), and reigned three months, or, according to the more precise statement of the Chronicles, three months and ten days, in the spirit of his father. Ezekiel ( Ezekiel 19:5-7 ) describes him not only as a young lion, who learned to prey and devoured men, like Jehoahaz, but also affirms of him that he knew their (the deceased men's) widows, i.e., ravished them, and destroyed their cities-that is to say, he did not confine his deeds of violence to individuals, but extended them to all that was left behind by those whom he had murdered, viz., to their families and possessions; and nothing is affirmed in Jeremiah 22:24 and Jeremiah 22:28 respecting his character at variance with this. His mother Nehushta was a daughter of Elnathan, a ruler of the people, or prince, from Jerusalem ( Jeremiah 26:22 ; Jeremiah 36:12 , Jeremiah 36:25 ).

THE REIGN OF JEHOIACHIN. BEGINNING OF THE BABYLONIAN CAPTIVITY (2Kings 24:8-16). (8) Jehoiachin.—“Jah will confirm.” Four or five different forms of this name occur in the documents. Ezekiel 1:2 gives the contraction Joiachin. In Jeremiah we find a popular transposition of the two elements, thus: Jechonjahu (once, viz., Jeremiah 24:1, Heb.), and usually the shorter form, Jechoniah (Jeremiah 27:20; Esther 2:6); which is further abridged into Coniah (Heb., Chonjahu) in Jeremiah 22:24; Jeremiah 22:28. Ewald thinks this last the original name; but Hengstenberg supposes that the prophet altered the name, so as to make of it a “Jah will confirm” without the “will,” in order to foreshadow the fate which awaited this king. Nehushta.—Referring, perhaps, to her complexion (as we say “bronzed”). Elnathan.—See Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:25; one of Jehoiakim’s “princes.”

To avoid this, apparently, Shallum has been enumerated in the fourth place, along with his full brother Zedekiah. In 1 Chronicles 3:6 it is remarkable that a son of Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah is mentioned, named Zedekiah, while the sons of Jeconiah follow only in 1 Chronicles 3:17 and 1 Chronicles 3:18 . Jeconiah (cf. Jeremiah 24:1 ; shortened Coniah, Jeremiah 22:24 , Jeremiah 22:28 , and Jeremiah 37:1 ) is called, as kings, in 2 Kings 24:8 . and 2 Chronicles 36:9 , Jehoiachin, another form of the name, but having the same signification, "Jahve founds or establishes." Zedekiah can only be a son of Jeconiah, for the בּנו which is added constantly denotes that the person so called is the son of his predecessor. Many commentators, certainly, were of opinion that Zedekiah was the same person as the brother of Jehoiakim mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:15 under the name Zidkijahu, and who is here introduced as son of Jeconiah, because he was the successor of Jeconiah on the throne. For this view support was sought in a reference to 1 Chronicles 3:10 ., in which all Solomon's successors in the kingship are enumerated in order with בּנו. But all the kings who succeeded each other from Solomon to Josiah were also, without exception, sons of their predecessors; so that there בּנו throughout denotes a proper son, while King Zedekiah, on the contrary, was not the son, but an uncle of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin).

To avoid this, apparently, Shallum has been enumerated in the fourth place, along with his full brother Zedekiah. In 1 Chronicles 3:6 it is remarkable that a son of Jehoiakim's son Jeconiah is mentioned, named Zedekiah, while the sons of Jeconiah follow only in 1 Chronicles 3:17 and 1 Chronicles 3:18 . Jeconiah (cf. Jeremiah 24:1 ; shortened Coniah, Jeremiah 22:24 , Jeremiah 22:28 , and Jeremiah 37:1 ) is called, as kings, in 2 Kings 24:8 . and 2 Chronicles 36:9 , Jehoiachin, another form of the name, but having the same signification, "Jahve founds or establishes." Zedekiah can only be a son of Jeconiah, for the בּנו which is added constantly denotes that the person so called is the son of his predecessor. Many commentators, certainly, were of opinion that Zedekiah was the same person as the brother of Jehoiakim mentioned in 1 Chronicles 3:15 under the name Zidkijahu, and who is here introduced as son of Jeconiah, because he was the successor of Jeconiah on the throne. For this view support was sought in a reference to 1 Chronicles 3:10 ., in which all Solomon's successors in the kingship are enumerated in order with בּנו. But all the kings who succeeded each other from Solomon to Josiah were also, without exception, sons of their predecessors; so that there בּנו throughout denotes a proper son, while King Zedekiah, on the contrary, was not the son, but an uncle of Jeconiah (Jehoiachin).