Jeconiah (jəxɔnjɔh, meaning "God will fortify (his people)"), also known as Jehoiachin (jəhoˑjɔxiˑn), was a king of Judah. He was the son of Jehoiakim with Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem and was a contemporary of the prophets Jeremiah and Ezekiel. Edwin Thiele dates Jeconiah's reign of three months and ten days to 598/597 BC. According to, he became king upon the death of his father, Jehoiakim, at the age of eighteen. However,, in some Hebrew… (More on Jehoiachin)