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Jehoiakim son of Josiah reigns eleven years as the puppet of Pharaoh-Necho and later Nebuchadnezzar — his mother Zebidah of Rumah daughter of Pedaiah cannot turn him from the apostasy that burns Jeremiahs scroll and brings the kingdom of Judah within a generation of its destruction.
2 Kings 23:36-37 introduces the apostate reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah: "Jehoiakim was twenty and five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Zebudah, the daughter of Pedaiah of Rumah. And he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord, according to all that his fathers had done." His mother Zebidah hailed from Rumah in lower Galilee — likely identified with the modern Khirbet Rumah. Despite Josiah's great reform Jehoiakim reverted to the idolatry of Manasseh, taxed the land heavily for Pharaoh-Necho, and burned Jeremiah's scroll.
Josiah leads the most sweeping spiritual reform in Israel's history — smashing idols, burning shrines, and celebrating a Passover nobody had seen in centuries. But this chapter asks a haunting question: what happens when one person does absolutely everything right, and it still isn't enough to change the outcome?
JeremiahThree Kings and a ReckoningGod sends Jeremiah into the royal palace with verdicts on three kings from the same family — and each one reveals the same standard. The king who defended the poor knew God; the king who built a palace on stolen labor will be buried like a donkey. Power was never the problem. What they did with it was.
JeremiahThe Scroll That Wouldn't Stay BurnedGod tells Jeremiah to write down every warning he's ever spoken — and gives the people one more chance to listen. When the king responds by calmly cutting the scroll apart and feeding it to the fire, God's answer is stunning: write it again. And add more.
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