Yekonyah

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Yekonyah is an alternative name for Jehoiachin, the exiled king of Judah mentioned in the Hebrew Bible.


Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf biblical figure
human
king of Judah
alternativeNameOf King Jehoiachin of Judah
surface form: "Jehoiachin"
appearsIn 2 Chronicles 36
2 Kings 24
Jeremiah 22
Book of Jeremiah
surface form: "Jeremiah 24"

Jeremiah 29
associatedWith Babylonian exile
surface form: "Babylonian captivity of Judah"

Siege of Jerusalem
biblicalTradition Bible
surface form: "Old Testament"

Tanakh
captivityStatus royal prisoner in Babylon
capturedBy Nebuchadnezzar II
category 6th-century BCE monarchs
King of Judah
surface form: "Kings of Judah"
dynasty King Davidic dynasty
surface form: "House of David"
ethnicity Jewish
event Babylonian exile
exiledTo Babylon
father Jehoiakim
grandfather Josiah
hasAlternativeName Coniah
Jekonias
surface form: "Jeconiah"

King Jehoiachin of Judah
surface form: "Jehoiachin"
kingdom Kingdom of Judah
languageContext Hebrew
mentionedIn 2 Chronicles
surface form: "Book of 2 Chronicles"

Book of 2 Kings
Book of Jeremiah
Tanakh
surface form: "Hebrew Bible"
notableFor appearance in royal lineage of David
being exiled to Babylon
predecessor Jehoiakim
region Ancient Israel
reignDuration 3 months
3 months 10 days
reignLocation Jerusalem
religion Yahwism
role King of Judah
status deposed king
successor King Zedekiah of Judah
surface form: "Zedekiah"
title King of Judah

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

subject surface form: "Jehoiachin"