2Ch 36:9 | KingComments | STEP | Jehoiachin becomes king when he is eight years old ( ). He reigns only three months and ten days. He is young and reigns short, but the judgment of him is as negative as that of his predecessor. Also “he did evil in the sight of the LORD”. Nebuchadnezzar puts an end to his reign by bringing him to Babylon “at the turn of the year” ( ). Here the second carrying away into exile takes place. Together with that carrying away “the valuable articles of the house of the LORD” are taken away ( ). Nebuchadnezzar gradually robs the temple. Thus professing Christianity is in the process of robbing the church of its truths. This is done by giving a different content to biblical expressions. Conversion is then no longer a turning to God with repentance for sins, but, for example, the letting go of a habit that hurts someone himself or others, a change in social behavior. Nebuchadnezzar makes his power felt by making Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah is not Jehoiachin’s brother, but his uncle. He is a son of Josiah and the brother of Jehoiachin’s father.

‏ 2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin King of Judah

Jehoiachin becomes king when he is eight years old (2Chr 36:9). He reigns only three months and ten days. He is young and reigns short, but the judgment of him is as negative as that of his predecessor. Also “he did evil in the sight of the LORD”. Nebuchadnezzar puts an end to his reign by bringing him to Babylon “at the turn of the year” (2Chr 36:10). Here the second carrying away into exile takes place.

Together with that carrying away “the valuable articles of the house of the LORD” are taken away (2Chr 36:7). Nebuchadnezzar gradually robs the temple. Thus professing Christianity is in the process of robbing the church of its truths. This is done by giving a different content to biblical expressions. Conversion is then no longer a turning to God with repentance for sins, but, for example, the letting go of a habit that hurts someone himself or others, a change in social behavior.

Nebuchadnezzar makes his power felt by making Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem. Zedekiah is not Jehoiachin’s brother, but his uncle. He is a son of Josiah and the brother of Jehoiachin’s father.