The last king of Judah is the third of Josiah’s sons to sit on the throne. He was appointed by Nebuchadnezzar after he took Jehoiachin captive. I don’t know what it is about these foreign leaders that they have to change the name of the man they appoint. Zedekiah birth name was Mattaniah. This name […]
Jehoiachin meets Nebuchadnezzar himself. He decided surrender was his only possibility for survival. He and is whole household cried, I give up! They probably didn’t say it that way but the result was the same. Nebuchadnezzar walked away with around 10,000 captives from Jerusalem that day. So how did Jehoiachin get here in the first […]
Jehoiakim is dead and his son Jehoiachin takes his place on the throne. He has a very short reign. He is the last in the line of David to rule Judah. We only get introduced to Jehoiachin today. Tomorrow we will learn a little more about him but there is still more we will learn […]
A second son of Josiah takes the throne. He is just as wicked in the Lord’s sight as his brother. He ends up serving Egypt and Babylon. Jehoiakim came into power because Pharaoh Neco put him there. Pharaoh also levied a heavy tax upon the people. I don’t know the frequency of the tax but […]
Jehoahaz became king after his father Josiah was killed by Pharaoh Neco. He was evil in the sight of the Lord and lasted three months. We are told in our previous reading who made Jehoahaz king; it was the people of Israel. I almost missed that when looking at our reading today. But we don’t […]
