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THREAD: Judah’s Last Days
SUB-TITLE: What Jehoiachin and Aššur-etel-ilāni-mukīn-apli have in common
The Moral of the story: Never mix up your Jehoiakims and Jehoiachins!
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SUB-TITLE: What Jehoiachin and Aššur-etel-ilāni-mukīn-apli have in common
The Moral of the story: Never mix up your Jehoiakims and Jehoiachins!
#TheBigQuestionsOfTheDay
The text of 1 Chronicles 3.1–16 lists the kings of Judah from David through to the time of the exile.
Like many Biblical lists, it has some nice numerical features.
In 1 Chronicles 1, a list of ten descendants takes us from Adam down to Noah,
Like many Biblical lists, it has some nice numerical features.
In 1 Chronicles 1, a list of ten descendants takes us from Adam down to Noah,
and then a second list of ten descendants takes us from Shem down to Abraham (1.1–4, 24–27).
Here in chapter 3, we begin with a pool of twenty descendants (David plus his six Hebron-born sons, plus his nine Jerusalem-born sons, plus his four other sons: 3.1–4),
Here in chapter 3, we begin with a pool of twenty descendants (David plus his six Hebron-born sons, plus his nine Jerusalem-born sons, plus his four other sons: 3.1–4),
