Jeremiah 29:2
(After that Jeconiah the king, and the queen, and the eunuchs, the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
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Gill's Exposition
After that Jeconiah the king,.... Of Judah; the same with Jehoiachin, who was carried captive into Babylon when he had reigned but three months:
and the queen; not Jeconiah's wife, for he had none;…
We are here told,
I. That Jeremiah wrote to the captives in Babylon, in the name of the Lord. Jeconiah had surrendered himself a prisoner, with the queen his mother, the chamberlains of his household,…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
The letter appears to have been later than ch. 24, to which it plainly alludes more than once. Cp. Jer 29:29 with Jer 24:2; Jer 24:8, and Jer 29:29 with Jer 24:9.
the queen-mother Nehushta. See on ch.…
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