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yᵊhōyāxīn יְהוֹיָכִין ‘Jehoiachin’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: from yᵊhōwā יְהֹוָה ‘YHWH/Lord’ and kūn כּוּן ‘to establish / blow’
Roots: יהווה כון

yᵊhōyāxīn pr n m pers
Jehoiachin = "Jehovah establishes"
1) king of Judah, son of Jehoiakim, and the next to last king of Judah before the Babylonian captivity; kingship lasted for 3 months and 10 days before he surrendered to Nebuchadnezzar who took him to Babylon and imprisoned him for 36 years when he was finally released

Mentioned in 2 Kings 24:6, 25:27, 24:15, 24:8, 24:12 Jeremiah 52:31 2 Chronicles 36:8, 36:9

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