Additional indirect evidence comes from another passage in Jeremiah, about the burial of King Jehoiakim (who ruled 609–598 B.C.E.). Jeremiah speaks of a lament, which, according to the prophet, would not be heard when the king dies: Hoi ah\i, vhoi ah\ot, hoi adon vhoi hodo (“alas brother and alas sister alas master and alas his majesty”) (Jeremiah 22:18).

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