Jehoiachin Jewish Encyclopaedia

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There once was a king of Judah, a descendant of David named Josiah, who had a son. His name was "Jehoiakim," and he had a son named "Jehoiachin", also referred to in the Encyclopaedia Judiaca as "Jeconiah, Jechoniah, and Coniah", meaning "The LORD will establish" (2 Chron 36:8). Jehoiachin reigned for three months and 10 days and " did evil in the eyes of the LORD " Is this man Jehoiachin a despised, broken pot, an object no one wants? Why will he and his children be hurled out, cast into a land they do not know? O land, land, land, hear the word of the LORD! This is what the LORD says: "Record this man as if childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime, for none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah Two genealogies are given in the Newer Testament for JESUS. The first is in Matthew (Matt 1:1-17) and the second in Luke (Luke 3:23-38). Because the names beyond David vary significantly, it has generally been accepted that the genealogy given by Matthew is for Joseph, while Luke’s account is for Mary. Women are generally not listed in Jewish genealogies since the "seed" comes from man. The genealogy of a woman was generally given by referencing the husband, such as JESUS " was the son, so it was thought, of Joseph Matthew’s genealogy contains all the great kings you would expect in the genealogy of JESUS and one you would not expect. Along with Solomon, Hezekiah, and Josiah is Jeconiah, also known as "Jehoiachin", the same king whom the LORD had cursed by saying, " none of his offspring will prosper, none will sit on the throne of David or rule anymore in Judah. For all my life I thought the genealogy in Matthew was to demonstrate that JESUS was a descendant of David because I did not know the Older Testament. That is not the purpose of Mathew’s genealogy at all. Matthew gave the genealogy to demonstrate that Joseph could not be the father of JESUS the MESSIAH since Joseph descended from Jeconiah. Immediately after the genealogy, Matthew begins to explain the virgin birth… " This is how the birth of Jesus Christ came about…" The genealogy of JESUS now takes on a different light that will take some time for me to consider in the future. Solomon and all the kings of Israel after David are no longer in the lineage of JESUS, but the Gentile woman before David remain.