Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 22:26-27
But Yahweh would not reluctantly hand over Coniah; He would hurl him into a foreign country where he would die. His mother, the powerful queen mother, Nehushta, would go with him (cf. Jeremiah 13:18; 2 Kings 24:8; 2 Kings 24:11-12). They would not be able to return to their native land (cf. Jeremiah 52:31-34; 2 Kings 25:27-30). Mordecai and Ezekiel traveled to Babylon in the same group of exiles (Esther 2:5-7; Ezekiel 1:1-2). read more
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 22:24-30
Prophecies about King Jehoiachin (Coniah) 22:24-30This section contains two prophecies about this king (Jeremiah 22:24-30). The historical setting is the three-month reign of eighteen-year-old Jehoiachin in 598-597 B.C. (cf. 2 Kings 24:8-17). Coniah was a shortened form of Jeconiah (cf. Jeremiah 24:1; Jeremiah 27:20; Jeremiah 28:4; Jeremiah 29:2), the same man. read more