The Jehoiachin Code in Scripture’s Priestly Benediction 241 computer selected the nine with highest values, five of them with A and four with B. Cushi, Shecaniah, and three versions of Jehoiachin earned an A. Each had a Spellings/Opportunities ratio in the Priestly Benediction that was equal to or higher than its top value in computerized searches of the large sample. An A means the ratio is at least as good as the best ratio in the sample; B is the same or better than the second-best ratio. It is easiest to think of them simply as best and second-best. In this study, five names are best, four are second-best, and 447 are also-rans. The run of Jehoiachin variations is extraordinary. All six Jehoiachin variations (and just three other names) reach the top nine in a field of 456. If the author acted intentionally, it is hard to say which version he or she wished to emphasize. The Jehoiachin spellings each possessed at least three of the same Hebrew letters, so commonality might have had a little to do with this abundance (24). But the author would have been as aware as we are that Jehoiachin could be written many ways, and he or she seems to have selected the benediction’s words, spacing, and grammar to give maximum play to every version. Examining individual spellings, two Jehoiachin versions — hynwky and ˆykywy — convert fourteen of fifteen opportunities into coded spellings. Fourteen of fifteen! For this performance each of those wins an A. For other versions, the ratios are ten of twelve, and thirteen and fifteen of twenty-one. The shortest encoding is ˆkwy. It comes from the jar-handle inscription, and rates a B value for its twenty-one spellings in thirty opportunities. The rest of Numbers chapter 6 is bare of any A or B Jehoiachin values, but there is what could be considered an exception. Though the Priestly Benediction is an entity, an editor has framed it by a two-verse introduction (Num 6,22-23) and a single verse that concludes the chapter. Verse 23 ends with µhl, “to them.” The unknown editor strengthened coding of several Jehoiachin spellings by placing this word at the front edge of the benediction. Inclusion of µhl improves the spellings/opportunities ratio of ˆykywhy from ten of twelve to twelve of fourteen. Using µhl as a source of letters also brought whynk to seventeen (from fifteen) spellings in twenty-one opportunities. This is especially interesting because it raises whynk from a B to an A value (table 2 uses the B). One doubts that this reinforcement was coincidental. Before drawing final conclusions about any code, readers may wish to verify the letter sequences in each table. Table 1 is self-evident, and for table 2 the note supplies what is needed to trace the other Jehoiachin versions (25). (24) Though eight of the nine words that recorded an A or a B shared three common letters (y, k, n), there are nine other Hebrew personal names with those same letters that did not score A or B. Also, fifty-three of the 456 personal names shared w, h and y but only six made the list. Common letters may have had influence, but they were certainly not determinative. (25) Starting words within verses (24-2, 25-1, etc.) and intervals (1, 2, etc.) are shown for spellings 4 through 8 in table 2. For hynky: (1) 24-2, 3; 25-1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 26-2; (2) 24-2, 3; 25-1, 3; (3) 24-2. For hynwky: (1) 24-1, 2, 3; 25-2, 3, 4, 5; 26-1, 2; (2) 24-1, 2, 3; 25-1, 2. For whynk: (1) 24-2, 3; 25-1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 26-1, 2; (2) 24-2, 3; 25-1, 2, 3; (3) 24-2. For ˆykywhy: (1) 24- 1, 2; 25-2, 3, 4, 5; 26-1; (2) 24-1, 2, 3. For ˆkwy: (1) 24-3; 25-1, 2, 3, 4, 5; 26-1, 2, 3; (2) 24- 2, 25-1, 2, 3, 4, 5; (3) 24-2, 3; 25-2, 3; (4) 24-2, 3.