King Jehoiachin and the other Israelites
in Babylonian captivity
This is the people whom Nebuchadrezzar carried away captive: in the seventh year three thousand Jews and three and twenty: in the eighteenth year of Nebuchadrezzar he carried away captive from Jerusalem eight hundred thirty and two persons: in the three and twentieth year of Nebuchadrezzar Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard carried away captive of the Jews seven hundred forty and five persons: all the persons were four thousand and six hundred. And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, in the five and twentieth day of the month, that Evil-merodach king of Babylon in the first year of his reign lifted up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out of prison, and spake kindly unto him, and set his throne above the throne of the kings that were with him in Babylon, and changed his prison garments: and he did continually eat bread before him all the days of his life. And for his diet, there was a continual diet given him of the king of Babylon, every day a portion until the day of his death, all the days of of life.-Jeremiah 52:28-34***Manasseh was born into the tribe of Judah to King Hezekiah and Hephzibah. Hezekiah was the 12th king to rule Judah, the southern nation in the Promised Land, the land that the Lord God promised to give to Abraham (Abram the Hebrew), and to Abraham's son Isaac, and to Isaac's youngest fraternal twin son Jacob (Israel), and to their descendants. Manasseh was the 13th king to reign. Hezekiah only worshiped the Lord God, and Hezekiah's trust in the Lord God was unparalleled among Judah's kings. Manasseh worshiped idols and led the Israelites into unparalleled levels of wickedness. The Lord God allowed the Assyrians to shackle Manasseh and take him to Babylon. After Manasseh humbled himself and prayed to the Lord, the Lord God returned Manasseh to Jerusalem. Amon, the son born to Manasseh and Meshullemeth, was an idolater and the 14th king to rule Judah. Josiah, the son born to Amon and Jedidah, was the 15th king. Josiah only worshiped the Lord God. During the 13th of Josiah's 31-year reign, Jeremiah the prophet began proclaiming the words of the Lord God to the Israelites. Jehoahaz, the son born to Josiah and Hamutal, was the 16th king to rule Judah. Jehoahaz worshiped idols and reigned 3 months before he was taken captive by Pharaoh Necho (Neco), the king of Egypt who was unwillingly responsible for Josiah's death. Necho set Eliakim, the son born to Josiah and Zebudah, as king and gave Eliakim the name Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim worshiped idols, and during his 11-year reign, the Babylonians (Chaldeans) invaded Judah and Jerusalem and King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon, began looting the temple of the Lord. Moreover, Nebuchadnezzar shackled Jehoiakim, intending to haul him to Babylon, although Jehoiakim was apparently never taken away. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, worshiped idols and was the 18th king to rule Judah. During Jehoiachin's 3-month reign, the Babylonians took more prominent Israelites, including Jehoiachin, his wives and mother, to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar set Mattaniah, another son born to Josiah and Hamutal, as king and renamed him Zedekiah. Zedekiah worshiped idols, and during the 11th year of his reign, the Babylonians conquered Jerusalem, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. Zedekiah ran to escape, was captured, saw his sons die, had his eyes taken out, and was led in shackles to Babylon. A group of Israelites took Jeremiah with them to Egypt. Over 500 years after Israelites began returning to Judah and Jerusalem, Jesus the Christ, the Son of God, was born. Jesus was conceived of the Holy Spirit in the womb of Mary, a virgin, and Jesus was born into the tribe of Jacob's 4th born son Judah, the tribe of Judah's kings, to Mary and her husband Joseph when Mary was a virgin.-Genesis 11:26-50:26, Exodus, Numbers 20:1-29, 27:12-23, Deuteronomy 31:1-30, 32:44-52,34:1-12, Joshua 1:1-4:24, 23:1-24:33, Judges 1:1-2:23, 1 Samuel, 1 Samuel, 1 Kings, 2 Kings, 1 Chronicles 1:1-34, 2:1-17, 3:1-24, 10:1-29:30, 2 Chronicles, Ezra, Jeremiah, Matthew, Mark, Luke, John, Acts 1:1-26