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Jeconiah Bible Study Guide

Divided Kingdom · 611 BC – 562 BC (49 years)

Also called Jehoiachin; reigned three months before being carried into Babylonian exile.

From the family tree

Parents
Jehoiakim
Children
Shealtiel
Dates
611 BC – 562 BC (49 years)
Era
Divided Kingdom

Teaching prompt

says no descendant of Jeconiah will sit on David's throne. How does Jesus inherit that throne anyway?

Reflection

Where might God be writing a surprising 'yet' over a line that looked closed?

Points to Jesus

Matthew names Jeconiah in Jesus' legal line (), but Jesus is born of Mary, not biologically of Joseph. Through Joseph's legal line Jesus inherits David's throne; through Mary () He bypasses Jeconiah's curse — a quiet but stunning resolution.

Discussion questions

  1. What happens to Jeconiah (Jehoiachin) and to Jerusalem?
  2. What is the weight of God's curse on his line?
  3. How does Matthew handle Jeconiah in Jesus' legal genealogy, and why does the virgin conception matter here?

Scripture

Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), which is in the public domain.