Did Jehoiachin son of Jehoiakim sit on the throne of David?

Jeremiah 36:30, "Therefore, this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night."

2 Kings 24:6, "Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king."

Jeremiah prophesied that Jehoiakim king of Judah would have no sons as successors, however, according to 2 Kings chapter 24, his son Jehoiachin succeeded him as king.


        "Sorrow is better than laughter: for by the sadness of the countenance the heart is made better. The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth." (Ecclesiastes 7:3-4, KJV)
        "Then I commended mirth, because a man hath no better thing under the sun, than to eat, and to drink, and to be merry: for that shall abide with him of his labour the days of his life, which God giveth him under the sun." (Ecclesiastes 8:15, KJV)

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