Davidic

The implication, the release of Jehoiachin and his restoration to a place of honour in Babylon in the closing scenes of the book, is that the promise of an eternal Davidic dynasty is still in effect, and that the Davidic line will be restored.

Jesus promised the return of the Davidic kingdom in eternity; the Judeans wanted it for themselves in the moment.

The Scripture before us this week is from the chapter containing what is known as the Davidic Covenant that God made with David as he “sat before the Lord” in prayer.

Chief among them is the inception of the Davidic dynasty, which came about through an unflattering event.

Christianity was brought to the Gentiles having been rejected by the Jews, and the Gentiles have routinely placed their faith in Christianity and not Judaism making this a proof-text for Jesus and not the Davidic Messiah as claimed.

He concluded that the collection was redacted to be a retrospective of the failure of the Davidic covenant, exhorting Israel to trust in God alone in a non-messianic future.

In both Hebrews and Qumran a priestly figure is discussed in the context of a Davidic figure; in both cases a divine decree appoints the priests to their eschatological duty; both priestly figures offer an eschatological sacrifice of atonement.

Jehoiachin was eventually released by the Babylonians (see Jehoiachin's Rations Tablets ) and according to both the Bible and the Talmud, the Judean royal family (the Davidic line ) continued as head of the exile in Babylon (the Exilarch ).