2 Kings 24:6 and 1 Chronicles 3:16 state that Jeconiah was the son and immediate successor of Jehoiakim, whereas Matthew 1:11 states that Josias begat Jeconiah and his brethren. Traditional harmonization explains that the term 'begat' or 'son' is frequently used in ancient genealogies to denote grand-descendancy, skipping Jehoiakim to maintain a symmetrical linear structure; conversely, critical scholarship identifies this as a deliberate structural simplification or a textual omission by the author of Matthew.