Adar 27, 5785; from sunset March 26, 2025, to sunset March 27, 2025
(The twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month)
This is an image of the Nebuchadnezzar Chronicle; one of 50+ Babylonian Chronicles which is a series of tablets recording major events in Babylonian history. This tablet brags of capturing the king of Judah (Jehoiachin) and the appointment of a king of his choosing (Zedekiah).
Jehoiachin Released from Prison
Now it came to pass in the thirty-seventh year of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the twelfth month, on the twenty-seventh day of the month, that Evil-Merodach king of Babylon, in the year that he began to reign, released Jehoiachin king of Judah from prison. He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life. – 2 Kings 25:27-30 (NKJ)
Wait a minute…didn’t we just do this one two days ago? The answer is, “Yes!” Jeremiah 52:31-34 tells us this same story but records the event as happening on the twelfth month, on the twenty-fifth day of the month. (Maybe it’s because sometimes there are two months of Adar – we have one story for each month? 😉 just kidding).
It seems that many stories of Jehoiachin are a bit slippery. Sometimes he is called Jehoiachin, sometimes Jeconiah, and sometimes Coniah. All three of these names stem from the same root and carry the meaning of “The LORD has Established.”
Not only are there two dates listed for his release from prison but there are two ages listed for when he became king:
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD. – 2 Chronicles 36:9 (RSV)
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem. – 2 Kings 24:8 (RSV)
Jeconiah reigned for three months and ten days. He succeeded Jehoiakim as king of Judah after raiders from surrounding lands invaded Jerusalem and killed his father. It is likely that the king of Babylon was behind this effort, as a response to Jehoiakim’s revolt. Three months and ten days after Jeconiah became king, the armies of Nebuchadnezzar seized Jerusalem. The intention was to take high class Judahite captives and assimilate them into Babylonian society. Jeconiah, his entire household, and three thousand Jews were exiled to Babylon. Zedekiah was appointed by Nebuchadnezzar to rule Judah. He reigned for 11 years until the destruction of the Temple.
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