blakerussell
Puritan Board Freshman
Alright, so this one has been driving me wild. I've done a decent amount of research on the net and just wanted to see if anyone else has stumbled across this one (I'm sure someone has).
God pronounces a curse on Coniah (Jeconiah) in Jeremiah 22. The verse of importance is 30 which I will put here.
"Thus says the LORD:"Write this man down as childless,
a man who shall not succeed in his days,
for none of his offspring shall succeed
in sitting on the throne of David
and ruling again in Judah."
Here is where the "problem" lies. Jeconiah is listed in Matthew 1's genealogy.
Two things have been suggested here.
The curse was lifted because Jeconiah repented (though this is not mentioned in scripture, at least to my knowledge it is not).
Many say it is implied because Zerubbabel (descendant of jeconiah) was blessed. Here are two verses side by side to explain what I mean.
Jeremiah 22:24-5
"As I live, declares the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off and give you into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans."
Then later in Haggai 2:23
On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of hosts."
(note that shealtiel is Jeconiahs son).
So we have the reference of God taking the signet ring (coniah) off his right hand, and then zerubbabel is said to be made like a signet ring. This is the passage where some say it is implied the curse had been lifted.
Or the other option is that the matthew genealogy is only a legal one.
This would mean the luke genealogy is Mary's. However, the luke genelogy runs into the same problem as the Matthew genealogy.
Shealtiel and Zerubbabel are mentioned after Jeconiah in Matthew 1. Both Shealtiel and Zerubbabel are also mentioned in luke 3.
Are these the same shealtiels and Zerubbabels? Am I crazy for letting this confuse the heck out of me and trip me up? This is really the only "apparent bible contradiction" which has ever tripped me up.
I don't mean to open a , I'm only looking for an answer and figured there's someone here who knows better than I.
-Blake.
God pronounces a curse on Coniah (Jeconiah) in Jeremiah 22. The verse of importance is 30 which I will put here.
"Thus says the LORD:"Write this man down as childless,
a man who shall not succeed in his days,
for none of his offspring shall succeed
in sitting on the throne of David
and ruling again in Judah."
Here is where the "problem" lies. Jeconiah is listed in Matthew 1's genealogy.
Two things have been suggested here.
The curse was lifted because Jeconiah repented (though this is not mentioned in scripture, at least to my knowledge it is not).
Many say it is implied because Zerubbabel (descendant of jeconiah) was blessed. Here are two verses side by side to explain what I mean.
Jeremiah 22:24-5
"As I live, declares the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, were the signet ring on my right hand, yet I would tear you off and give you into the hand of those who seek your life, into the hand of those of whom you are afraid, even into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and into the hand of the Chaldeans."
Then later in Haggai 2:23
On that day, declares the LORD of hosts, I will take you, O Zerubbabel my servant, the son of Shealtiel, declares the LORD, and make you like a signet ring, for I have chosen you, declares the LORD of hosts."
(note that shealtiel is Jeconiahs son).
So we have the reference of God taking the signet ring (coniah) off his right hand, and then zerubbabel is said to be made like a signet ring. This is the passage where some say it is implied the curse had been lifted.
Or the other option is that the matthew genealogy is only a legal one.
This would mean the luke genealogy is Mary's. However, the luke genelogy runs into the same problem as the Matthew genealogy.
Shealtiel and Zerubbabel are mentioned after Jeconiah in Matthew 1. Both Shealtiel and Zerubbabel are also mentioned in luke 3.
Are these the same shealtiels and Zerubbabels? Am I crazy for letting this confuse the heck out of me and trip me up? This is really the only "apparent bible contradiction" which has ever tripped me up.
I don't mean to open a , I'm only looking for an answer and figured there's someone here who knows better than I.
-Blake.