Bible Cross References
Jeconiah
Jeremiah 22:24-28
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The LORD said to King Jehoiachin, son of King Jehoiakim of Judah, "As surely as I am the living God, even if you were the signet ring on my right hand, I would pull you off
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and give you to people you are afraid of, people who want to kill you. I will give you to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia and his soldiers.
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I am going to force you and your mother into exile. You will go to a country where neither of you was born, and both of you will die there.
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You will long to see this country again, but you will never return."
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I said, "Has King Jehoiachin become like a broken jar that is thrown away and that no one wants? Is that why he and his children have been taken into exile to a land they know nothing about?"
Coniah
Jeremiah 27:20
Jeremiah 28:4
I will also bring back the king of Judah, Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim, along with all of the people of Judah who went into exile in Babylonia. Yes, I will break the power of the king of Babylonia. I, the LORD, have spoken."
2 Kings 24:12-16
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and King Jehoiachin, along with his mother, his sons, his officers, and the palace officials, surrendered to the Babylonians. In the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar's reign he took Jehoiachin prisoner
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and carried off to Babylon all the treasures in the Temple and the palace. As the LORD had foretold, Nebuchadnezzar broke up all the gold utensils which King Solomon had made for use in the Temple.
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Nebuchadnezzar carried away as prisoners the people of Jerusalem, all the royal princes, and all the leading men, ten thousand in all. He also deported all the skilled workers, including the blacksmiths, leaving only the poorest of the people behind in Judah.
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Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon as a prisoner, together with Jehoiachin's mother, his wives, his officials, and the leading men of Judah.
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Nebuchadnezzar deported all the important men to Babylonia, seven thousand in all, and one thousand skilled workers, including the blacksmiths, all of them able-bodied men fit for military duty.
2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king of Judah, and he ruled in Jerusalem for three months and ten days. He too sinned against the LORD.
2 Chronicles 36:10
When spring came, King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylonia as a prisoner and carried off the treasures of the Temple. Then Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin's uncle Zedekiah king of Judah and Jerusalem.
eunuchs
2 Kings 9:32
Jehu looked up and shouted, "Who is on my side?" Two or three palace officials looked down at him from a window,
2 Kings 20:18
Some of your own direct descendants will be taken away and made eunuchs to serve in the palace of the king of Babylonia."
Daniel 1:3-21
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The king ordered Ashpenaz, his chief official, to select from among the Israelite exiles some young men of the royal family and of the noble families.
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They had to be handsome, intelligent, well-trained, quick to learn, and free from physical defects, so that they would be qualified to serve in the royal court. Ashpenaz was to teach them to read and write the Babylonian language.
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The king also gave orders that every day they were to be given the same food and wine as the members of the royal court. After three years of this training they were to appear before the king.
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Among those chosen were Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah, all of whom were from the tribe of Judah.
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The chief official gave them new names: Belteshazzar, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego.
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Daniel made up his mind not to let himself become ritually unclean by eating the food and drinking the wine of the royal court, so he asked Ashpenaz to help him,
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and God made Ashpenaz sympathetic to Daniel.
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Ashpenaz, however, was afraid of the king, so he said to Daniel, "The king has decided what you are to eat and drink, and if you don't look as fit as the other young men, he may kill me."
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So Daniel went to the guard whom Ashpenaz had placed in charge of him and his three friends.
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"Test us for ten days," he said. "Give us vegetables to eat and water to drink.
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Then compare us with the young men who are eating the food of the royal court, and base your decision on how we look."
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He agreed to let them try it for ten days.
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When the time was up, they looked healthier and stronger than all those who had been eating the royal food.
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So from then on the guard let them continue to eat vegetables instead of what the king provided.
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God gave the four young men knowledge and skill in literature and philosophy. In addition, he gave Daniel skill in interpreting visions and dreams.
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At the end of the three years set by the king, Ashpenaz took all the young men to Nebuchadnezzar.
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The king talked with them all, and Daniel, Hananiah, Mishael, and Azariah impressed him more than any of the others. So they became members of the king's court.
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No matter what question the king asked or what problem he raised, these four knew ten times more than any fortuneteller or magician in his whole kingdom.
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Daniel remained at the royal court until Cyrus, the emperor of Persia, conquered Babylonia.