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| Title: The End of King Jehoiakim: The Afterlife of a Problem Secondary Title: Journal for Semitics Volume: 8 Pages: 12-20 Type: Journal Article Year: 1996 Abstract: Begg, Christopher T. in: OTA 22.2 (1999), 320: "Recently (1994), E. J. Smit has surveyed the biblical indications concerning the circumstances surrounding the end of Jehoiakim's reign (2 Kgs 24:6; 2 Chr 36:6; Jer22:19; 36:30). Smit further proposed a historical reconstruction, according to which Jehoiakim met a violent death in the context of a Babylonian attack and was denied a proper burial. B.'s article extends the discussion by examining the statements of Josephus, Rabbinic tradition, and Patristic commentators concerning Jehoiakim's end. He notes that in this material one does find explicit statements about Jehoiakim's being put to death as Smit posits". |