Decoder Terminal
JEHOIACHIN CAPTIVITY
REGIME COLLAPSE — YEAR ZERO DATING SYSTEM
EVENTSpecs
date
597 BC deportation, vision in 593 BC
king status
Deposed, imprisoned in Babylon
genealogical note
Ancestor of Jesus through legal Davidic line
Intelligence Brief
Jehoiachin (also called Jeconiah or Coniah) reigned only three months before Nebuchadnezzar deported him to Babylon in 597 BC. The exiles dated events from this catastrophe — 'the fifth year of king Jehoiachin's captivity' is 593 BC. This dating system reveals the trauma: the Davidic king is in chains, the temple will soon be destroyed, and the exiles measure time from the wound. Yet Jehoiachin appears in Matthew's genealogy (Matthew 1:11-12) — the line continues through captivity to Christ.
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