Jehoiachin Thesis

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Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to reign. During his reign of three months and 10 days he was taken captive to Babylon with 10,000 captives. Zedekiah 's real name was Mattaniah. He was the youngest son of the good king, Josiah. He was the third son of Josiah that took over the throne. His two older brothers were king before him. King of Egypt was sought back and king Nebuchadnezzar besieged the city for 18 months and it caused severe famine. The king of Judah try to escape by breaking the wall but a soldier captured him and brought him to King Nebuchadnezzar.The king of Babylon killed his son before and placed him in chains. Jeremiah had prophesied that Zedekiah would see the king of Babylon face-to-face. Ezekiel had predicted he would

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