Jer 22:15-16 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 22:15-16: 22:15-16 If Jehoiakim wanted plenty to eat and drink , he did not have to resort to corruption and oppression. Compared with his prosperous father, Josiah , Jehoiakim was not a great king . Josiah, by contrast, had been just and right in all his dealings , a servant of God and his people. Because he had lived up to the requirements of the ancient covenant, God blessed him .

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‏ Jeremiah 22:15-16

Summary for Jer 22:15-16: 22:15-16 ^a If Jehoiakim wanted plenty to eat and drink, he did not have to resort to corruption and oppression. Compared with his prosperous father, Josiah, Jehoiakim was not a great king. Josiah, by contrast, had been just and right in all his dealings, a servant of God and his people. Because he had lived up to the requirements of the ancient covenant, God blessed him.