Jerusalem, would become king. It appears as if Haggai reversed the prediction of Jeremiah that God would send king (Je)Coniah or Jehoiachin into exile, as it were, ripping the signet ring13 (Coniah) from his right hand and giving it to the Babylonians (Jer 22:24). Haggai declared that God would make Zerubbabel like a signet ring (Hag 2:23). So far as is known, however, Haggai was wrong in that prediction; neither Zerubbabel nor any other postexilic figure ever ascended the throne of David. Did that
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