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It came also in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, to the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the fifth month.
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Verse 3. Joakim. His immediate predecessor and successor, both called Jechonias, ( Bible.) are passed over, as their reign was short, ( Calmet.) only lasting three months each. Bible.—Fifth. Jerusalem was taken on the 9th of the preceding month. But the temple was not burnt, nor the captives sent off till the fifth month, or the 10th of the civil year. Calmet. 39:8 and 52:13 and 4 Kennicott. 25:2. Calmet.—Jeremias also prophesied in Egypt. Calmet. 44. Worthington.—But this title alludes to his principal predictions. Menochius.
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