1Ch 3:15, Jer 1:2-3, 37:1 | JFB | e4.org | 15. Zedekiah —called the son of Josiah (compare ), but in he is described as the brother of Jehoiachin, who was the son of Jehoiakim, and consequently the grandson of Josiah. Words expressive of affinity or relationship are used with great latitude in the Hebrew. Shallum —No king of this name is mentioned in the history of Josiah's sons ( ), but there is a notice of Shallum the son of Josiah ( ), who reigned in the stead of his father, and who is generally supposed to be Jehoahaz, a younger son, here called the fourth, of Josiah. . SUCCESSORS OF JECONIAH.

‏ 1 Chronicles 3:15

15. Zedekiah—called the son of Josiah (compare Jer 1:3; 37:1), but in 2Ch 36:19 he is described as the brother of Jehoiachin, who was the son of Jehoiakim, and consequently the grandson of Josiah. Words expressive of affinity or relationship are used with great latitude in the Hebrew.

Shallum—No king of this name is mentioned in the history of Josiah's sons (2Ki 14:1-29; 23:1-37), but there is a notice of Shallum the son of Josiah (Jer 22:11), who reigned in the stead of his father, and who is generally supposed to be Jehoahaz, a younger son, here called the fourth, of Josiah.

1Ch 3:17-24. SUCCESSORS OF JECONIAH.

‏ Jeremiah 1:2-3

2, 3. Jehoiakim . . . Josiah . . . Zedekiah—Jehoahaz and Jehoiachin are omitted for they reigned only three months each. The first and last of the kings under whom each prophet prophesied are often thus specified in the general title. See on these kings, and Jeremiah's life, my Introduction .

thirteenth . . . of his reign— (Jer 25:3).

fifth month— (2Ki 25:8).

‏ Jeremiah 37:1

1. Coniah—curtailed from Jeconiah by way of reproach.

whom—referring to Zedekiah, not to Coniah (2Ki 24:17).