2 Kings 24:6

6 So Jehoi'akim slept with his fathers, and Jehoi'achin his son reigned in his stead.

2 Kings 24:6 Meaning and Commentary

2 Kings 24:6

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers
He died as they did, but was not buried with them, and indeed had no burial at all, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, ( Jeremiah 22:18 Jeremiah 22:19 ) for, falling into the hands of the king of Babylon, he was bound in chains, in order to be carried to Babylon, but died as soon as he came out of Jerusalem, at the gates of which he was cast, and had no burial, ( 2 Chronicles 36:6 ) . At this time also some of the vessels of the temple were carried away, and put in the idol's temple at Babylon, ( 2 Chronicles 36:7 ) ( Jeremiah 27:16 ) , and Eupolemus ^F16 says, that whatever gold, silver, and brass, were in the temple, were carried away:

and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead;
called sometimes Jeconiah, and by contempt Coniah, ( Jeremiah 22:24 Jeremiah 22:28 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 Ut supra. (Apud Euseb. Evangel. Praepar. l. 9. c. 39. p. 454.)

2 Kings 24:6 In-Context

4 and also for the innocent blood that he had shed; for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.

5 Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoi'akim, and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?

6 So Jehoi'akim slept with his fathers, and Jehoi'achin his son reigned in his stead.

7 And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphra'tes.

8 Jehoi'achin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Nehush'ta the daughter of Elna'than of Jerusalem.