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2 Kings 24:8

King James Version (KJV)

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Jehoiachin [was] eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name [was] Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 24:8 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 2 Kings 24:8

Theological / Devotional

Eighteen years. The parallel passage in 2 Chron. 36:9 reads “eight years.” In that reference, however, the Syriac and several of the versions of the LXX read “eighteen.” Jehoiachin was not a child-king. When he was taken to Babylon he already had children (Jer. 22:28). Babylonian cuneiform documents of the year 592 B.C. also mention Jehoiachin and five of his sons.

Three months. More exactly, three months and ten days (2 Chron. 36:9).

Elnathan. One of the envoys sent by Jehoiakim to Egypt to bring back Urijah the prophet (Jer. 26:22), also one of the princes who urged Jehoiakim not to burn Jeremiah’s roll (Jer. 36:12, 25).

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