2 Chronicles 36:9

9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. Jehoiachin did what was evil in the LORD ’s sight.

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 some of the treasures from the Temple of the LORD, and he placed them in his palace in Babylon.
8 The rest of the events in Jehoiakim’s reign, including all the evil things he did and everything found against him, are recorded in Then his son Jehoiachin became the next king.
9 Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months and ten days. Jehoiachin did what was evil in the LORD ’s sight.
10 In the spring of the year King Nebuchadnezzar took Jehoiachin to Babylon. Many treasures from the Temple of the LORD were also taken to Babylon at that time. And Nebuchadnezzar installed Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, as the next king in Judah and Jerusalem.
11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years.

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. As in one Hebrew manuscript, some Greek manuscripts, and Syriac version (see also 2 Kgs 24:8 ); most Hebrew manuscripts read eight.
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