2 Chronicles 36:9

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

9 Jehoiachin was eighteen [a] years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD. 1

2 Chronicles 36:9 Meaning and Commentary

2 Chronicles 36:9

(See Gill on 2 Chronicles 36:1)

2 Chronicles 36:9 In-Context

7 Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
8 As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah. And his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD.
10 In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

Cross References 1

  • 1. (2 Kings 24:6–9)

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. One Hebrew manuscript, some LXX manuscripts, and Syriac (see also 2 Kings 24:8); most Hebrew manuscripts eight
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