Discovery BoxJeremiah 37:1 
Context37:1 Zedekiah son of Josiah succeeded Jeconiah 1 son of Jehoiakim as king. He was elevated to the throne of the land of Judah by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. 2
Jeremiah 40:16
Context40:16 But Gedaliah son of Ahikam said to Johanan son of Kareah, “Do not do that 3 because what you are saying about Ishmael is not true.” 4
Jeremiah 41:11
Context41:11 Johanan son of Kareah and all the army officers who were with him heard about all the atrocities 5 that Ishmael son of Nethaniah had committed.
Jeremiah 42:1
Context42:1 Then all the army officers, including Johanan son of Kareah and Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah 6 and all the people of every class, 7 went to the prophet Jeremiah.
1 tn Heb “Coniah.” For explanation of the rendering here see the translator’s note on 22:4.
2 tn Heb “And Zedekiah son of Josiah whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah ruled as king instead of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.” The sentence has been restructured and simplified to better conform to contemporary English style.
3 tn Heb “this thing.”
4 tn Heb “is false” or “is a lie.”
5 tn Or “crimes,” or “evil things”; Heb “the evil.”
6 sn Jezaniah son of Hoshaiah may have been the same as the Jezaniah son of the Maacathite mentioned in 40:8. The title “the Maacathite” would identify the locality from which his father came, i.e., a region in northern Transjordan east of Lake Huleh. Many think he is also the same man who is named “Azariah” in Jer 43:2 (the Greek version has Azariah both here and in 43:2). It was not uncommon for one man to have two names, e.g., Uzziah who was also named Azariah (compare 2 Kgs 14:21 with 2 Chr 26:1).
7 tn Or “without distinction,” or “All the people from the least important to the most important”; Heb “from the least to the greatest.” This is a figure of speech that uses polar opposites as an all-inclusive designation of everyone without exception (i.e., it included all the people from the least important or poorest to the most important or richest.)
