Jehoiachin in Exile

Second Kings 24:15 records that King Jehoiachin was deported to Babylonia by Nebuchadnezzar. 2 Kings 25:27–30 says that Nebuchadnezzar’s successor released Jehoiachin from prison, gave him a seat above the other kings in Babylon, and provided him with a regular ration for the rest of his life. Cuneiform records from Nebuchadnezzar’s palace, such as these three from 592 BCE, list dependents of the state who received food rations (stated in terms of the Babylonian liquid measures panu and qu); Jehoiachin and other Judeans are among them. Apparently during these years Jehoiachin was under “house arrest” and imprisoned only at a later time.