[[Jer-22]] Prev: [[Prophecies in Jer-21]] | Next: [[Prophecies in Jer-23]] --- ### For Yahweh says touching Shallum the son of Josiah, king of Judah, who reigned instead of Josiah his father, and who went out of this place: 'He won't return there any more. But he will die in the place where they have led him captive. He will see this land no more.' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jeremiah predicts that Shallum (also known as Jehoahaz) will never return to Judah and will die in exile. *Historical context*: Historical and biblical records ([[2 Kings-23#v31|2 Kings 23:31]]-34) confirm that Pharaoh Necho II deposed Jehoahaz after a reign of only three months in 609 BC and took him to Egypt as a prisoner, where he eventually died. *Related to*: ### Therefore Yahweh says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 'They won't lament for him... He will be buried with the burial of a donkey, drawn and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem.' *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A prediction of a disgraceful end for King Jehoiakim, including a lack of public mourning and an ignominious disposal of his body. *Historical context*: Jehoiakim died in 598 BC during the Babylonian siege of Jerusalem. [[Whi|While 2]] [[Kin-24#v6|Kings 24:6]] is brief, historical tradition and the account of Josephus suggest he was killed by the Babylonians and his body was cast outside the city walls without a royal funeral, fulfilling the 'burial of a donkey' imagery. *Related to*: ### I will cast you out with your mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born; and there you will die. But to the land to which their soul longs to return, there they will not return. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: Jeremiah prophesies that King Coniah (Jehoiachin) and the Queen Mother will be exiled to a foreign land and never return to Judah. *Historical context*: [[In|In 597]] BC, King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylon captured Jerusalem and deported King Jehoiachin along with the Queen Mother, Nehushta ([[2 Kings-24#v12|2 Kings 24:12]]-15). Cuneiform tablets found in Babylon (the Jehoiachin Entitlement Tablets) corroborate his presence in exile, where he remained until his death. *Related to*: ### Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more will a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David's throne, and ruling in Judah. *Type*: prophecy *Summary*: A divine decree that none of Jehoiachin's biological descendants will ever again rule as a sovereign king on the throne of David in Judah. *Historical context*: Following the Babylonian exile, no physical descendant of Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) ever reigned as a king in Jerusalem. His grandson Zerubbabel served as a governor under Persian rule but was never crowned king. This prophecy is significant in Christian theology as it explains why the Messiah's biological lineage in [[Luke|Luke 3]] bypasses the Solomonic line through Nathan to avoid this 'curse of Jeconiah.' *Related to*: [[2 Sam-07#v12|2 Samuel 7:12]]-16 --- #ai_prophecy