BIBLIOGRAPHY.--The chief contemporary authorities for the life of Jeffreys are Bishop Burnet's _History of my own Time_ (1724), and see especially the edition "with notes by the Earls of Dartmouth and Hardwick Speaker Onslow and Dean Swift" (Oxford Univ. Press, 1833); Roger North's _Life of the Right Hon. Francis North, Baron of Guildford_ (1808) and _Autobiography_ (ed. by Augustus Jessopp, 1887); _Ellis Correspondence, Verney Papers_ (Hist. MSS. Comm.), _Hatton Correspondence_ (Camden Soc. pub.); the earl of Ailesbury's _Memoirs_; Evelyn's _Diary_. The only trustworthy information as to the judicial conduct and capacity of Jeffreys is to be found in the reports of the _State Trials_, vols. vii.-xii.; and cf. Sir J. F. Stephen's _History of the Criminal Law of England_ (1883). For details of the "bloody assizes," see _Harl. MSS._, 4689; George Roberts, _The Life, Progresses and Rebellion of James Duke of Monmouth_, vol. ii. (1844); also many pamphlets, lampoons, &c., in the British Museum, as to which see the article on "Sources of History for Monmouth's Rebellion and the Bloody Assizes," by A. L. Humphreys, in _Proceedings of the Somersetshire Archaeological and Natural Hist. Soc._ (1892). Later accounts are by H. W. Woolrych, _Memoirs of the Life of Judge Jeffreys_ (1827); Lord Campbell, _The Lives of the Lord Chancellors_ (1845), 1st series, vol. iii.; E. Foss, _The Judges of England_ (1864), vol. vii.; Henry Roscoe, _Lives of Eminent British Lawyers_ (1830); Lord Macaulay, _History of England_ (1848; and many subsequent editions). Most of these works, and especially those by Macaulay and Campbell, are uncritical in their hostility to Jeffreys, and are based for the most part on untrustworthy authorities. The best modern work on the subject, though unduly favourable to Jeffreys, is H. B. Irving's _Life of Judge Jeffreys_ (1898), the appendix to which contains a full bibliography. (R. J. M.)
JEHOIACHIN (Heb. "Yah[weh] establisheth"), in the Bible, son of Jehoiakim and king of Judah (2 Kings xxiv. 8 sqq.; 2 Chron, xxxvi. 9 seq.). He came to the throne at the age of eighteen in the midst of the Chaldean invasion of Judah, and is said to have reigned three months. He was compelled to surrender to Nebuchadrezzar and was carried off to Babylon (597 B.C.). This was the First Captivity, and from it Ezekiel (one of the exiles) dates his prophecies. Eight thousand people of the better class (including artisans, &c.) were removed, the Temple was partially despoiled (see Jer. xxvii. 18-20; xxiii.v. 3 seq.),[1] and Jehoiachin's uncle Mattaniah (son of Josiah) was appointed king. Jehoiachin's fate is outlined in Jer. xxii. 20-30 (cf. xxvii. 20). Nearly forty years later, Nebuchadrezzar II. died (562 B.C.) and Evil-Merodach (Amil-Marduk) his successor released the unfortunate captive and gave him precedence over the other subjugated kings who were kept prisoners in Babylon. With this gleam of hope for the unhappy Judaeans both the book of Kings and the prophecies of Jeremiah conclude (2 Kings xxv. 27-30; Jer. lii. 31-34).