| | Reign of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah); Message to Coniah; Woe to shepherds; Branch of righteousness; False prophets (Site not responding. Last check: ) |
 | | As king, Jeconiah follows in the footsteps of his father—continuing in evil rather than turning to God (even though Nebuchadnezzar is in the process of mobilizing his forces against Jerusalem during Jeconiah's entire three-month reign, as we will later see). |
 | | Since Jeconiah's mother Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem, is mentioned prominently, including the fact that she would and later did suffer deportation with her son (2 Kings 24:8,12; Jeremiah 22:26-27; 29:2; 13:18), it seems likely that she wields considerable influence over the young ruler. |
 | | As earlier noted, Nehushta's father is probably the same Elnathan mentioned elsewhere as the son of Achbor, the official in the administration of Jehoiakim who apprehended Urijah the prophet but later tried to talk Jehoiakim out of burning the scroll of Jeremiah (see Jeremiah 26:21-23; 36:12,25). |
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