Jeremiah 22:19

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass, drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem.

He shall be buried with the burial of an ass - i:e., he shall have the same burial as an donkey would get-namely, he shall be left a prey for beasts and birds (Jerome). This is not formally narrated; but states that "Nebuchadnezzar bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon:" his treatment there is nowhere mentioned. The prophecy here and in harmonizes these two facts. He was slain by Nebuchadnezzar who changed his purpose of taking him to Babylon, on the way there, and left him unburied outside Jerusalem. , Jehoiakim slept with his father, does not contradict this; it simply expresses his being gathered to his fathers by death, not his being buried with his fathers (); The two phrases ("slept with his fathers," and "was buried with his fathers") are found together as expressing two distinct ideas (; ).