2 Kings 24:8-17

Jehoiachin Reigns in Judah

8 ¹Jehoiachin was ²eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

9 And he did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, ³according to all that his father had done.

Jerusalem Captured

10 At that time the servants of ⁴Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up to Jerusalem, and the city was besieged.

11 And ⁵Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to the city while his servants were besieging it,

12 ⁶and Jehoiachin the king of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon, himself and his mother and his servants and his officials and his palace officials. ⁷The king of Babylon took him prisoner ⁸in the eighth year of his reign

13 and carried off all the treasures of the house of the Lord ⁹and the treasures of the king’s house, ¹⁰and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold in the temple of the Lord, ¹¹which Solomon king of Israel had made, ¹²as the Lord had foretold.

14 ¹³He carried away all Jerusalem and all the officials and all the mighty men of valor, ,000 captives, ¹⁴and all the craftsmen and the smiths. None remained, ¹⁵except the poorest people of the land.

15 ¹⁶And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the chief men of the land he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.

16 And the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon all the men of valor, ,000, and the craftsmen and the metal workers, 1,000, all of them strong and fit for war.

17 ¹⁷And the king of Babylon ¹⁸made Mattaniah, ¹⁹Jehoiachin’s uncle, king in his place, ²⁰and changed his name to Zedekiah.

2 Kings 24:8-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO 2 KINGS 24

This chapter relates the rebellion of Jehoiakim against the king of Babylon, which prepared the way for the ruin of the kingdom of Judah, according to the decree of God, and also the death of Jehoiakim, and the conquest the king of Babylon made of part of the land of the king of Egypt, 2Ki 24:1-7 and the short and wicked reign of Jehoiachin his son, when he and the royal family, with great numbers of the inhabitants of the land, were carried captive to Babylon, 2Ki 24:8-16, and his uncle was made king in his room, 2Ki 24:17-20.

Cross References

• 1. 24:8 [1 Chr. 3:16; Esth. 2:6; Jer. 22:24, 28; 24:1; 37:1]
• 2. 24:8 [2 Chr. 36:9]
• 3. 24:9 ch. 23:37
• 4. 24:10 Dan. 1:1
• 5. 24:11 [See ver. 10 above]
• 6. 24:12 [Jer. 24:1; 29:1, 2; Ezek. 17:12]
• 7. 24:12 [2 Chr. 36:10]
• 8. 24:12 [ch. 25:27]
• 9. 24:13 ch. 20:17; Isa. 39:6
• 10. 24:13 2 Chr. 36:7; Ezra 1:7; Dan. 1:2; 5:2, 3
• 11. 24:13 See 1 Kgs. 7:48-50
• 12. 24:13 Jer. 20:5
• 13. 24:14 Jer. 24:1
• 14. 24:14 [ver. 16; Jer. 52:28]
• 15. 24:14 Jer. 24:1; 29:2; [1 Sam. 13:19, 22]
• 16. 24:14 ch. 25:12
• 17. 24:15 2 Chr. 36:10; Esth. 2:6; [Jer. 22:24-26]
• 18. 24:16 [ver. 14]
• 19. 24:17 For ver. 17-20, see 2 Chr. 36:10-13
• 20. 24:17 [Jer. 37:1]
• 21. 24:17 [1 Chr. 3:15]
• 22. 24:17 [ch. 23:34; 2 Chr. 36:4]