Bible Dictionary
Jeconias
Jeconias is a Greek form of Jeconiah. The name can refer to Jehoiachin, and in an intertestamental listing it is also associated with a person connected with Josiah’s Passover.
Definition
Jeconias is the Greek form of Jeconiah, an altered form of Jehoiachin. In another listing, the name refers to one of the chiliarchs who gave substantial gifts of sheep and calves at Josiah’s Passover. One reading also makes Jeconias, rather than Joachaz, a son of Josiah.
Biblical Usage
The name is associated both with Jehoiachin and with notices concerning Josiah’s Passover in 1 Esdras.
Historical Background
The supplied material preserves variant readings in the intertestamental account, including the identification of Jeconias as a possible son of Josiah.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
Smith's Bible Dictionary
the Greek form of Jeconiah, an altered form of Jehoiachin. [Jehoiachin]
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>jek-o-ni-as (Iechonias):</p><p>(1) One of the chiliarchs who made great gifts of sheep and calves at the Passover of Josiah (1 Esdras 1:9); called "Conaniah" in 2Ch 35:9.</p><p>(2) One reading makes Jeconias (not Joachaz) son of Josiah in 1 Esdras 1:34 margin.</p>