As I live,
says the LORD,
though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck you from there;
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Jechonias: Joachin, (4 Kings xxiv. 6.; Worthington) or Chenias, who did not take warning by his predecessor's misfortune.
Ring, or seal, if he were most dear to me, the prime minister of the greatest monarch, Aggeus ii. 24. (Calmet)
Alexander the Great gave his ring to Perdiccas, designating him his successor, or regent. (Curt. x.)
