The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:16
Of the above four brothers, sons of Josiah, the second, Jehoiakim, or Eliakim, had a son called Jeconiah , or Jehoiachin—essentially the same word. He was eighteen years of age when he succeeded his father ( 2 Kings 24:8 ). A touching glimpse is given of him in Jeremiah 52:31 . His name is shortened to Coniah in Jeremiah 22:24 and Jeremiah 37:1 , though elsewhere in the same prophet, Jeconiah, and in one place ( Jeremiah 52:31 ), Jehoiachin. The name of Zedekiah occasions... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Chronicles 3:15
The first thing to be observed in this verse is that, though it lays stress on the mention of the name of Josiah's firstborn of four sons as Johanan , this is the only mention of him. Some, however, have taken the Jehoahaz of 2 Kings 23:30 for him. Next, that Jehoiakim was not the original name of the next brother, but a name slightly altered by Pharaoh-Necho from Eliakim ( 2 Kings 23:34 ). If the dates of 2 Kings 23:31 , 2 Kings 23:34 , 2 Kings 23:36 , be correct, there is no... read more