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The Acharon 9

God, Jesus, Ezekiel and the East

Ezekiel 19

Princes Then and Now

Mat 20:17-34 KJV And Jesus going up to Jerusalem took the twelve disciples apart in the way, and said unto them, (18) Behold, we go up to Jerusalem; and the Son of man shall be betrayed unto the chief priests and unto the scribes, and they shall condemn him to death, (19) And shall deliver him to the Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, and to crucify him: and the third day he shall rise again. (20) Then came to him the mother of Zebedee's children with her sons, worshipping him, and desiring a certain thing of him. (21) And he said unto her, What wilt thou? She saith unto him, Grant that these my two sons may sit, the one on thy right hand, and the other on the left, in thy kingdom. (22) But Jesus answered and said, Ye know not what ye ask. Are ye able to drink of the cup that I shall drink of, and to be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with? They say unto him, We are able. (23) And he saith unto them, Ye shall drink indeed of my cup, and be baptized with the baptism that I am baptized with: but to sit on my right hand, and on my left, is not mine to give, but it shall be given to them for whom it is prepared of my Father. (24) And when the ten heard it, they were moved with indignation against the two brethren. (25) But Jesus called them unto him, and said, Ye know that the princes of the Gentiles exercise dominion over them, and they that are great exercise authority upon them. (26) But it shall not be so among you: but whosoever will be great among you, let him be your minister; (27) And whosoever will be chief among you, let him be your servant: (28) Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many. (29) And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed him. (30) And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. (31) And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace: but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son of David. (32) And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I shall do unto you? (33) They say unto him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened. (34) So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed him.

Eze 19:1-14 KJV Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel, (2) And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions. (3) And she brought up one of her whelps: it became a young lion, and it learned to catch the prey; it devoured men. (4) The nations also heard of him; he was taken in their pit, and they brought him with chains unto the land of Egypt. (5) Now when she saw that she had waited, and her hope was lost, then she took another of her whelps, and made him a young lion. (6) And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey, and devoured men. (7) And he knew their desolate palaces, and he laid waste their cities; and the land was desolate, and the fulness thereof, by the noise of his roaring. (8) Then the nations set against him on every side from the provinces, and spread their net over him: he was taken in their pit. (9) And they put him in ward in chains, and brought him to the king of Babylon: they brought him into holds, that his voice should no more be heard upon the mountains of Israel. (10) Thy mother is like a vine in thy blood, planted by the waters: she was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters. (11) And she had strong rods for the sceptres of them that bare rule, and her stature was exalted among the thick branches, and she appeared in her height with the multitude of her branches. (12) But she was plucked up in fury, she was cast down to the ground, and the east wind dried up her fruit: her strong rods were broken and withered; the fire consumed them. (13) And now she is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty ground. (14) And fire is gone out of a rod of her branches, which hath devoured her fruit, so that she hath no strong rod to be a sceptre to rule. This is a lamentation, and shall be for a lamentation.

Chapter 19 also is a continuance of chapters 17 and 18. It starts out addressing the princes of Israel. We must state immediately that this is symbolically addressing the kings of Judah. Judah in the unified kingdom was the ruling province of course being the location of Jerusalem. Jerusalem of course was always the intended spot for God to house his name. The princes of Judah in this case consist of the 3 sons and 1 grandson of Josiah.

Eze 19:1 KJV Moreover take thou up a lamentation for the princes of Israel,

Jehoahaz, Jehoiachim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. Of these 4 there are 3 brothers who are sons of Josiah. Jehoiachin being a grandson by Eliakim or Jehoiakim. Let’s start our journey with Josiah the father of the princes. Josiah was the grandson of Manasseh who it is said sawed Isaiah into 2 pieces alive.

Heb 11:36-40 KJV And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: (37) They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword: they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; (38) (Of whom the world was not worthy:) they wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth. (39) And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: (40) God having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

Josiah’s father was a king of Judah named Amon.

2Ki 21:18-26 KJV And Manasseh slept with his fathers, and was buried in the garden of his own house, in the garden of Uzza: and Amon his son reigned in his stead. (19) Amon was twenty and two years old when he began to reign, and he reigned two years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Meshullemeth, the daughter of Haruz of Jotbah. (20) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, as his father Manasseh did. (21) And he walked in all the way that his father walked in, and served the idols that his father served, and worshipped them: (22) And he forsook the LORD God of his fathers, and walked not in the way of the LORD. (23) And the servants of Amon conspired against him, and slew the king in his own house. (24) And the people of the land slew all them that had conspired against king Amon; and the people of the land made Josiah his son king in his stead. (25) Now the rest of the acts of Amon which he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (26) And he was buried in his sepulchre in the garden of Uzza: and Josiah his son reigned in his stead.

2Ki 22:1-2 KJV Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned thirty and one years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Jedidah, the daughter of Adaiah of Boscath. (2) And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in all the way of David his father, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left.

Let’s see what the names represent in word study. Most of the time God places names in scripture they usually have something interesting in their meanings.

James Strong (1822–1894)

H2977

יֹאשִׁיָּהוּ יֹאשִׁיָּה

yo^'shı^ya^h yo^'shı^ya^hu^

yo-she-yaw', yo-she-yaw'-hoo

From the same root as H803 and H3050; founded of Jah; Joshijah, the name of two Israelites: - Josiah.

Total KJV occurrences: 53

H2977

יאשׁיּהוּ / יאשׁיּה

yo^'shı^ya^h / yo^'shı^ya^hu^

BDB Definition:

Josiah = “whom Jehovah heals”

1) son of Amon by Jedidah who succeeded his father to the throne of Judah and reigned for 31 years; his reign is noteworthy for the great revivals back to the worship of Jehovah which he led

2) a returned exile and son of Zephaniah at whose house took place the solemn and symbolical crowning of Joshua the high priest in the time of Zechariah the prophet

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

His mother Jedidah

H3040

יְדִידָה

y^edı^yda^h

yed-ee-daw'

Feminine of H3039; beloved; Jedidah, an Israelitess: - Jedidah.

Total KJV occurrences: 1

H3040

ידידה

yedı^yda^h

BDB Definition:

Jedidah = “beloved”

1) the wife of king Amon and mother of king Josiah

Part of Speech: noun proper feminine

A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3039

Adaiah the maternal grandfather

H5718

עֲדָיָהוּ עֲדָיָה

‛ăda^ya^h ‛ăda^ya^hu^

ad-aw-yaw', ad-aw-yaw'-hoo

From H5710 and H3050; Jah has adorned; Adajah, the name of eight Israelites: - Adaiah.

Total KJV occurrences: 9

H5718

עדיהוּ / עדיה

‛ăda^ya^h / ‛ăda^ya^hu^

BDB Definition:

Adaiah = “Jehovah has adorned Himself”

1) maternal grandfather of king Josiah of Judah and native of Boscath in the lowlands of Judah

2) a Gershonite Levite and ancestor of Asaph

3) a Benjamite, son of Shimhi

4) a priest, son of Jehoram

5) ancestor of Maaseiah, one of the captains who supported Jehoiada

6) a descendant of Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

7) a descendant of another Bani who had a foreign wife in the time of Ezra

8) a descendant of Pharez of the tribe of Judah

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

A pretty good lineage we might say. God has supported or healed. God has adorned. God has beloved. It all spelled out great things for Josiah during his reign.

2Ki 22:3-20 KJV And it came to pass in the eighteenth year of king Josiah, that the king sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, the son of Meshullam, the scribe, to the house of the LORD, saying, (4) Go up to Hilkiah the high priest, that he may sum the silver which is brought into the house of the LORD, which the keepers of the door have gathered of the people: (5) And let them deliver it into the hand of the doers of the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD: and let them give it to the doers of the work which is in the house of the LORD, to repair the breaches of the house, (6) Unto carpenters, and builders, and masons, and to buy timber and hewn stone to repair the house. (7) Howbeit there was no reckoning made with them of the money that was delivered into their hand, because they dealt faithfully. (8) And Hilkiah the high priest said unto Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shaphan, and he read it. (9) And Shaphan the scribe came to the king, and brought the king word again, and said, Thy servants have gathered the money that was found in the house, and have delivered it into the hand of them that do the work, that have the oversight of the house of the LORD. (10) And Shaphan the scribe shewed the king, saying, Hilkiah the priest hath delivered me a book. And Shaphan read it before the king. (11) And it came to pass, when the king had heard the words of the book of the law, that he rent his clothes. (12) And the king commanded Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam the son of Shaphan, and Achbor the son of Michaiah, and Shaphan the scribe, and Asahiah a servant of the king's, saying, (13) Go ye, enquire of the LORD for me, and for the people, and for all Judah, concerning the words of this book that is found: for great is the wrath of the LORD that is kindled against us, because our fathers have not hearkened unto the words of this book, to do according unto all that which is written concerning us. (14) So Hilkiah the priest, and Ahikam, and Achbor, and Shaphan, and Asahiah, went unto Huldah the prophetess, the wife of Shallum the son of Tikvah, the son of Harhas, keeper of the wardrobe; (now she dwelt in Jerusalem in the college;) and they communed with her. (15) And she said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Tell the man that sent you to me, (16) Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, and upon the inhabitants thereof, even all the words of the book which the king of Judah hath read: (17) Because they have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, that they might provoke me to anger with all the works of their hands; therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place, and shall not be quenched. (18) But to the king of Judah which sent you to enquire of the LORD, thus shall ye say to him, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, As touching the words which thou hast heard; (19) Because thine heart was tender, and thou hast humbled thyself before the LORD, when thou heardest what I spake against this place, and against the inhabitants thereof, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and hast rent thy clothes, and wept before me; I also have heard thee, saith the LORD. (20) Behold therefore, I will gather thee unto thy fathers, and thou shalt be gathered into thy grave in peace; and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place. And they brought the king word again.

Isa 57:1-2 KJV The righteous perisheth, and no man layeth it to heart: and merciful men are taken away, none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come. (2) He shall enter into peace: they shall rest in their beds, each one walking in his uprightness.

2Ch 34:1-15 KJV Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. (2) And he did that which was right in the sight of the LORD, and walked in the ways of David his father, and declined neither to the right hand, nor to the left. (3) For in the eighth year of his reign, while he was yet young, he began to seek after the God of David his father: and in the twelfth year he began to purge Judah and Jerusalem from the high places, and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images. (4) And they brake down the altars of Baalim in his presence; and the images, that were on high above them, he cut down; and the groves, and the carved images, and the molten images, he brake in pieces, and made dust of them, and strowed it upon the graves of them that had sacrificed unto them. (5) And he burnt the bones of the priests upon their altars, and cleansed Judah and Jerusalem. (6) And so did he in the cities of Manasseh, and Ephraim, and Simeon, even unto Naphtali, with their mattocks round about. (7) And when he had broken down the altars and the groves, and had beaten the graven images into powder, and cut down all the idols throughout all the land of Israel, he returned to Jerusalem. (8) Now in the eighteenth year of his reign, when he had purged the land, and the house, he sent Shaphan the son of Azaliah, and Maaseiah the governor of the city, and Joah the son of Joahaz the recorder, to repair the house of the LORD his God. (9) And when they came to Hilkiah the high priest, they delivered the money that was brought into the house of God, which the Levites that kept the doors had gathered of the hand of Manasseh and Ephraim, and of all the remnant of Israel, and of all Judah and Benjamin; and they returned to Jerusalem. (10) And they put it in the hand of the workmen that had the oversight of the house of the LORD, and they gave it to the workmen that wrought in the house of the LORD, to repair and amend the house: (11) Even to the artificers and builders gave they it, to buy hewn stone, and timber for couplings, and to floor the houses which the kings of Judah had destroyed. (12) And the men did the work faithfully: and the overseers of them were Jahath and Obadiah, the Levites, of the sons of Merari; and Zechariah and Meshullam, of the sons of the Kohathites, to set it forward; and other of the Levites, all that could skill of instruments of musick. (13) Also they were over the bearers of burdens, and were overseers of all that wrought the work in any manner of service: and of the Levites there were scribes, and officers, and porters. (14) And when they brought out the money that was brought into the house of the LORD, Hilkiah the priest found a book of the law of the LORD given by Moses. (15) And Hilkiah answered and said to Shaphan the scribe, I have found the book of the law in the house of the LORD. And Hilkiah delivered the book to Shaphan.

2Ch 35:1-7 KJV Moreover Josiah kept a passover unto the LORD in Jerusalem: and they killed the passover on the fourteenth day of the first month. (2) And he set the priests in their charges, and encouraged them to the service of the house of the LORD, (3) And said unto the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy unto the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden upon your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel, (4) And prepare yourselves by the houses of your fathers, after your courses, according to the writing of David king of Israel, and according to the writing of Solomon his son. (5) And stand in the holy place according to the divisions of the families of the fathers of your brethren the people, and after the division of the families of the Levites. (6) So kill the passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses. (7) And Josiah gave to the people, of the flock, lambs and kids, all for the passover offerings, for all that were present, to the number of thirty thousand, and three thousand bullocks: these were of the king's substance.

As we say pretty often around here we need a revival like this and one like Hezekiah’s in America today.

2Ch 35:19-27 KJV In the eighteenth year of the reign of Josiah was this passover kept. (20) After all this, when Josiah had prepared the temple, Necho king of Egypt came up to fight against Carchemish by Euphrates: and Josiah went out against him. (21) But he sent ambassadors to him, saying, What have I to do with thee, thou king of Judah? I come not against thee this day, but against the house wherewith I have war: for God commanded me to make haste: forbear thee from meddling with God, who is with me, that he destroy thee not. (22) Nevertheless Josiah would not turn his face from him, but disguised himself, that he might fight with him, and hearkened not unto the words of Necho from the mouth of God, and came to fight in the valley of Megiddo. (23) And the archers shot at king Josiah; and the king said to his servants, Have me away; for I am sore wounded. (24) His servants therefore took him out of that chariot, and put him in the second chariot that he had; and they brought him to Jerusalem, and he died, and was buried in one of the sepulchres of his fathers. And all Judah and Jerusalem mourned for Josiah. (25) And Jeremiah lamented for Josiah: and all the singing men and the singing women spake of Josiah in their lamentations to this day, and made them an ordinance in Israel: and, behold, they are written in the lamentations. (26) Now the rest of the acts of Josiah, and his goodness, according to that which was written in the law of the LORD, (27) And his deeds, first and last, behold, they are written in the book of the kings of Israel and Judah.

1. Jehoahaz (Shallum) king of Judah

H3059

יְהוֹאָחָז

y^eho^'a^cha^z

yeh-ho-aw-khawz'

From H3068 and H270; Jehovah seized; Jehoachaz, the name of three Israelites: - Jehoahaz. Compare H3099.

Total KJV occurrences: 23

Our Brown Driver Briggs gives us a look at the 3 different persons of this name.

H3059

יהואחז

yeho^'a^cha^z

BDB Definition:

Jehoahaz = “Jehovah has seized”

1) a king of Judah and son of Josiah

2) a king of the northern kingdom of Israel and son of Jehu

3) a king of Judah and son of Jehoram (Ahaziah)

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H3068 and H270

2Ki 23:31-37 KJV Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (32) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done. (33) And Pharaohnechoh put him in bands at Riblah in the land of Hamath, that he might not reign in Jerusalem; and put the land to a tribute of an hundred talents of silver, and a talent of gold. (34) And Pharaohnechoh made EliakimH471 the son of Josiah king in the room of Josiah his father, and turned his name to JehoiakimH3079, and took Jehoahaz away: and he came to Egypt, and died there. (35) And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh. (36) Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign; and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. (37) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his fathers had done.

2Ch 36:1-4 KJV Then the people of the land took Jehoahaz the son of Josiah, and made him king in his father's stead in Jerusalem. (2) Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. (3) And the king of Egypt put him down at Jerusalem, and condemned the land in an hundred talents of silver and a talent of gold. (4) And the king of Egypt made Eliakim his brother king over Judah and Jerusalem, and turned his name to Jehoiakim. And Necho took Jehoahaz his brother, and carried him to Egypt.

Here in verse 1 we read that the people of the land brought Jehoahaz into power. It’s important knowing the difference between what the people want and what God wants. For example just imagine what kind of shape America would be in now if Al Gore were president in the midst of our people dying from terrorist attacks. America would be done for as we know it.

As we see Eliakim- Jehoiakim comes to power at the whim of Pharaoh. It’s interesting when we look at the meaning of his name “Jehovah has seized”. For God most certainly did have him seized by Pharaoh.

2. Eliakim- Jehoiakim

H471

אֶלְיָקִים

'elya^qı^ym

el-yaw-keem'

From H410 and H6965; God of raising; Eljakim, the name of four Israelites: - Eliakim.

Total KJV occurrences: 12

H3079

יְהוֹיָקִים

y^eho^ya^qı^ym

yeh-ho-yaw-keem

From H3068 abbreviated and H6965; Jehovah will raise; Jehojakim, a Jewish king: - Jehoiakim. Compare H3113.

Total KJV occurrences: 37

There are some very interesting word studies that accompany the names of the mothers and so forth however we will save those for more detailed studies of these individuals. We also observe a practice common among the captors of Israel and Jerusalem. The practice of reassigning names. Throughout Daniel we explored the names and their meanings at different intervals.

There are some interesting things associated with the politics of the world around Israel as much as within the kingdom Jehoiakim ruled. The following references come from the Easton Bible Dictionary Published in 1897

Jehoiakim

He whom Jehovah has set up, the second son of Josiah, and eighteenth king of Judah, which he ruled over for eleven years (610-599 B.C.). His original name was Eliakim (q.v.).

On the death of his father his younger brother Jehoahaz (= Shallum, Jer_22:11), who favoured the Chaldeans against the Egyptians, was made king by the people; but the king of Egypt, Pharaoh-necho, invaded the land and deposed Jehoahaz (2Ki_23:33, 2Ki_23:34; Jer_22:10-12), setting Eliakim on the throne in his stead, and changing his name to Jehoiakim.

After this the king of Egypt took no part in Jewish politics, having been defeated by the Chaldeans at Carchemish (2Ki_24:7; Jer_46:2). Palestine was now invaded and conquered by Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiakim was taken prisoner and carried captive to Babylon (2Ch_36:6, 2Ch_36:7). It was at this time that Daniel also and his three companions were taken captive to Babylon (Dan_1:1, Dan_1:2).

2Ki 24:1-6 KJV In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. (2) And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD, which he spake by his servants the prophets. (3) Surely at the commandment of the LORD came this upon Judah, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he did; (4) And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon. (5) Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, and all that he did, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah? (6) So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

Jehoiakim became a puppet of Nebuchadnezzar until he rebelled.

Take notice of the 4 nations that are mentioned. There may be some strange parallels to the 4 horsemen of the apocalypse here. Again that’s another study for another time.

Chaldeans are Babylonians but also parts of the Persian Gulf area mostly connected to the northwest parts.

Syrians pretty much the same as we understand the territory today. However the history associated with this nation is another subject altogether. This also for another study but it would appear Ishmael has some history associated here.

Moabites were located in the territory running the span of the dead sea to its eastern side.

Ammonites very closely connected to the Moabites as they are both descendants of Lot.

Gen 19:34-38 KJV And it came to pass on the morrow, that the firstborn said unto the younger, Behold, I lay yesternight with my father: let us make him drink wine this night also; and go thou in, and lie with him, that we may preserve seed of our father. (35) And they made their father drink wine that night also: and the younger arose, and lay with him; and he perceived not when she lay down, nor when she arose. (36) Thus were both the daughters of Lot with child by their father. (37) And the firstborn bare a son, and called his name Moab: the same is the father of the Moabites unto this day. (38) And the younger, she also bare a son, and called his name Benammi: the same is the father of the children of Ammon unto this day.

Our 3^rd look at the 4 princes of Israel brings us to Jehoiachin.

3. Jehoiachin

2Ki 24:6 KJV So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and JehoiachinH3078his son reigned in his stead.

H3078

יְהוֹיָכִין

y^eho^ya^kı^yn

yeh-ho-yaw-keen'

From H3068 and H3559; Jehovah will establish; Jehojakin, a Jewish king: - Jehoiachin. Compare H3112.

H3078

יהויכין

yeho^ya^kı^yn

BDB Definition:

Jehoiachin = “Jehovah establishes”

1) king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

Total KJV occurrences: 10

Once again let’s use the Easton Dictionary.

Jehoiachin

Succeeded his father Jehoiakin (599 B.C.) when only eight years of age, and reigned for one hundred days (2Ch_36:9). He is also called Jeconiah (Jer_24:1; Jer_27:20, etc.), and Coniah (Jer_22:24; Jer_37:1). He was succeeded by his uncle, Mattaniah = Zedekiah (q.v.). He was the last direct heir to the Jewish crown. He was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar, along with the flower of the nobility, all the leading men in Jerusalem, and a great body of the general population, some thirteen thousand in all (2Ki_24:12-16; Jer_52:28). After an imprisonment of thirty-seven years (Jer_52:31, Jer_52:33), he was liberated by Evil-merodach, and permitted to occupy a place in the king's household and sit at his table, receiving “every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of his life” (Jer_52:32-34).

Jer 24:1 KJV The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs were set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon.

A very famous passage from Jeremiah is chapter 24. We have looked at it on different occasions. However we are looking at it to today for word study.

H3204

יְכוֹנְיָה יְכָנְיָהוּ יְכָנְיָה^o
y^ekonya^h y^ekonya^hu^ y^eko^n^eya^h
From H3559 and H3050; Jah will establish; Jekonjah, a Jewish king: - Jeconiah. Compare H3659.

Total KJV occurrences: 7

2Ki 24:6-20 KJV So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead. (7) And the king of Egypt came not again any more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that pertained to the king of Egypt. (8) Jehoiachin 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. (9) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that his father had done. (10) At that time the servants of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jerusalem, and the city was besieged. (11) And Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did besiege it. (12) And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. (13) And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the LORD, and the treasures of the king's house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the LORD, as the LORD had said. (14) And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorest sort of the people of the land. (15) And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land, those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. (16) And all the men of might, even seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon. (17) And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. (18) Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (19) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. (20) For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

So thus far we have the Pharaoh deposing and replacing one king of Judah. On the other side of the equation we have the Babylonians doing the same. Of course this brings us to number 4 being Zedekiah. As we have mentioned we looked in depth at him in our last go round.

Zedekiah

2Ki 24:17 KJV And the king of Babylon made MattaniahH4983his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to ZedekiahH6667.

H4983

מַתַּנְיָהוּ מַתַּנְיָהmattanya^h mattanya^hu^
mat-tan-yaw', mat-tan-yaw'-hoo

From H4976 and H3050; gift of Jah; Mattanjah, the name of ten Israelites: - Mattaniah.
Total KJV occurrences: 16

H4983

מתּניהוּ / מתּניה
mattanya^h / mattanya^hu^
BDB Definition:
Mattaniah = “gift of Jehovah”

1) the original name of the last king of Judah before the captivity; also known as ‘Zedekiah’
2) a Levite, son of Heman, whose office was to blow the horns in the temple service as appointed by David
3) a Levite of the family of Asaph
4) a Levite of the family of Asaph who assisted in the purification of the temple in the reign of Hezekiah
5) a Levite of the family of Asaph who took part in the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem; leader of the temple choir
6) a Levite, descendant of Asaph and ancestor of Jahaziel in the time of Jehoshaphat
7) another Levite in the time of Nehemiah
8) a Levite, father of Zaccur and ancestor of Hanan the under-treasurer who had charge of the offerings in the time of Nehemiah
9) a man of the sons of Elam who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
10) a man of the sons of Zattu who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
11) a man descended from Pahath-moab who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra
12) a man of the sons of Bani who had and put away a strange wife in the time of Ezra

Part of Speech: noun proper masculine

H6667

צִדְקִיָּהוּ צִדְקִיָּה
tsidqı^ya^h tsidqı^ya^hu^
tsid-kee-yaw', tsid-kee-yaw'-hooFrom H6664 and H3050; right of Jah; Tsidkijah, the name of six Israelites: - Zedekiah, Zidkijah.

Total KJV occurrences: 62

2Ki 24:17-20 KJV And the king of Babylon made Mattaniah his father's brother king in his stead, and changed his name to Zedekiah. (18) Zedekiah was twenty and one years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. (19) And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD, according to all that Jehoiakim had done. (20) For through the anger of the LORD it came to pass in Jerusalem and Judah, until he had cast them out from his presence, that Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.

2Ki 25:1-3 KJV And it came to pass in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, in the tenth day of the month, that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came, he, and all his host, against Jerusalem, and pitched against it; and they built forts against it round about. (2) And the city was besieged unto the eleventh year of king Zedekiah. (3) And on the ninth day of the fourth month the famine prevailed in the city, and there was no bread for the people of the land.

Deu 28:47-52 KJV Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; (48) Therefore shalt thou serve thine enemies which the LORD shall send against thee, in hunger, and in thirst, and in nakedness, and in want of all things: and he shall put a yoke of iron upon thy neck, until he have destroyed thee. (49) The LORD shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand; (50) A nation of fierce countenance, which shall not regard the person of the old, nor shew favour to the young: (51) And he shall eat the fruit of thy cattle, and the fruit of thy land, until thou be destroyed: which also shall not leave thee either corn, wine, or oil, or the increase of thy kine, or flocks of thy sheep, until he have destroyed thee. (52) And he shall besiege thee in all thy gates, until thy high and fenced walls come down, wherein thou trustedst, throughout all thy land: and he shall besiege thee in all thy gates throughout all thy land, which the LORD thy God hath given thee.

Eze 7:15 KJV The sword is without, and the pestilence and the famine within: he that is in the field shall die with the sword; and he that is in the city, famine and pestilence shall devour him.

2Ki 25:4-12 KJV And the city was broken up, and all the men of war fled by night by the way of the gate between two walls, which is by the king's garden: (now the Chaldees were against the city round about:) and the king went the way toward the plain. (5) And the army of the Chaldees pursued after the king, and overtook him in the plains of Jericho: and all his army were scattered from him. (6) So they took the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment upon him. (7) And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon. (8) And in the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month, which is the nineteenth year of king Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, came Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem: (9) And he burnt the house of the LORD, and the king's house, and all the houses of Jerusalem, and every great man's house burnt he with fire. (10) And all the army of the Chaldees, that were with the captain of the guard, brake down the walls of Jerusalem round about. (11) Now the rest of the people that were left in the city, and the fugitives that fell away to the king of Babylon, with the remnant of the multitude, did Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carry away. (12) But the captain of the guard left of the poor of the land to be vinedressers and husbandmen.

As we read our closing passage we should stress here in America that we have a problem heading this way. It’s coming from east to west. It has severely taken hold in Europe by design and here in America we have a leadership enabling our enemies more than ever. We definitely have worship issues with the Lord. Our “princes of today“ are looking the other way while mangled baby parts are being sold on a black market basis. Here in America we do have freedom of or even from religion if you will. However there was only 1 religion we were dealing with at the time. It was is and shall be Christianity. There were no such things as open gay relationships, killing children or openly blaspheming God. That is in no way saying that it did not take place but our young morals as a nation were in place to the point that there was no open tolerance for these particular sins. Please don’t think yours truly is above all this. Please believe I’m fully aware that my sins are thrown into the mix at all times. Please stay in touch for more to follow soon.

Psa 25:11-14 KJV For thy name's sake, O LORD, pardon mine iniquity; for it is great. (12) What man is he that feareth the LORD? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. (13) His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. (14) The secret of the LORD is with them that fear him; and he will shew them his covenant.

Psa 33:8-12 KJV Let all the earth fear the LORD: let all the inhabitants of the world stand in awe of him. (9) For he spake, and it was done; he commanded, and it stood fast. (10) The LORD bringeth the counsel of the heathen to nought: he maketh the devices of the people of none effect. (11) The counsel of the LORD standeth for ever, the thoughts of his heart to all generations. (12) Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD; and the people whom he hath chosen for his own inheritance.

Luk 19:41-44 KJV And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it, (42) Saying, If thou hadst known, even thou, at least in this thy day, the things which belong unto thy peace! but now they are hid from thine eyes. (43) For the days shall come upon thee, that thine enemies shall cast a trench about thee, and compass thee round, and keep thee in on every side, (44) And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.