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In Jeremiah 36:30, we see a prophecy that Jehoiakim will not have a descendent to sit on the throne:
“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.”
Jeremiah 36:30 NIV
However we know that Jehoiakim did have a son that sat on the throne. His son’s reign was less than 3 months, leading many to assert that the meaning of “to sit” in the above prophecy implies a longer reign and not a mere temporary appointing of king as per the Hebrew use of the word.
Is there a strong case, grammatically and linguistically, to be made in arguing that the prophecy specifies a long reign instead of being on the throne for a short time? Or is this prophecy somewhat “unfulfilled”?
