King Jehoiachin and 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***King Josiah was the 15th 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. Josiah only worshiped the Lord God. Josiah's grandfather King Manasseh, the 13th king to rule Judah, worshiped idols and led the Israelites into unparalleled wickedness. Josiah's father King Amon, the 14th king to rule Judah, worshiped idols. Jehoahaz, the son born to Josiah and Hamutal, was the 16th king to rule Judah. Jehoahaz worshiped idols and ruled for 3 months before he was taken captive to Egypt by Pharaoh Necho (Neco), the king of Egypt who was unwillingly responsible for Josiah's death. Necho set Josiah's son Eliakim, the son born to Josiah and Zebudah, as king and gave Eliakim the name Jehoiakim. Jehoiakim worshiped idols. King Nebuchadnezzar, ruler of Babylon (Chaldea), invaded Judah and Jerusalem during Jehoiakim's reign and began looting the temple of the Lord. Nebuchadnezzar shackled Jehoiakim to haul him to Babylon. However, Jehoiakim died in Jerusalem after an 11-year reign. Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah), the son born to Jehoiakim and Nehushta, was the 18th king to rule Judah. Jehoiachin worshiped idols. The Babylonians took everyone elite, mighty or skilled, 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. During the 11th year of Zedekiah's 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 Israelite survivors took Jeremiah the prophet with them to Egypt. The divinely inspired Scriptures of the Holy Bible reveal that over 100 years earlier, the Assyrians invaded the northern nation of Israel in the Promised Land and conquered the royal city, Samaria, according to the will of the Lord God, due to the idolatry and other wickedness of the Israelites. 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