Was the Bible Right?
c. 592 BCE·Exile & Return·Artifact

Jehoiachin's Ration Tablets

Scripture: 2 Kings 25:27–30; Jeremiah 52:31–34

Cuneiform tablet from Babylon listing rations for Jehoiachin, king of Judah
Cuneiform tablet from Babylon listing rations for Jehoiachin, king of Judah · Photo: Scallaham · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source

The claim

The exiled king Jehoiachin lives in Babylon and receives a regular allowance from the king.

What archaeology found

Tablets from Nebuchadnezzar's palace at Babylon, excavated by Robert Koldewey's team and published by Ernst Weidner in 1939, list oil rations for 'Ya'u-kin, king of the land of Yahud' and his five sons. They are in the Vorderasiatisches Museum, Berlin.

Sources

  1. Ernst F. Weidner, Jojachin, König von Juda, in babylonischen Keilschrifttexten, Mélanges syriens offerts à M. René Dussaud (1939)

Verdict history

  • ConfirmedInitial verdict.