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WHEN WAS JESUS BORN?: M. M. NINAN<br />
King “…did lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of<br />
prison; and he spake kindly to him, and set his throne above the<br />
thrones of the kings that were with him in Babylon… ”(KJV)<br />
Thus not only that Johoiakim <strong>was</strong> made a vassal King, but he <strong>was</strong><br />
given a higher position ruling over several vassal kingdoms in the<br />
Babylonion Empire. We should assume that Johoiakim <strong>was</strong> made ruler<br />
over the vassals who were themselves of the lost tribes.<br />
Jehoiakim himself may have appointed others from the tribes of Israel<br />
- who were themselves Princes of the tribes who led the migration - as<br />
his own vassals. Since Jehoiachin <strong>was</strong> a descendant of King David (of<br />
the Phares line), his descendants apparently established a dynasty<br />
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