Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Jeconiah (also known as Jehoiachin, Joachin, and Coniah) was king of Judah. He was the son of Jehoiakim, King of Judah and Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. Albright has dated his reign to 598 BC, which Thiele concurs with. He began to reign in Jerusalem at the age of eight, upon the death of his father, Jehoiakim. His children were Assir and Salathiel. After reigning for three months and ten days, he was removed from office by the Babylonians, and Zedekiah was placed as king in Jerusalem (2 Chronicles 36:9). Jeconiah, with his household, many of the rulers of Judah, and many craftsmen, were taken captive to Babylon. He was still called king while in captivity. In the thirty-seventh year of his captivity, he was removed from prison by Evil-merodach, King of Babylon. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.