2 Kings 24:6-9

Jehoiachin Reigns

6 So ¹Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son became king in his place.

7 ²The king of Egypt did not come out of his land again *, ³for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from ⁴the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

8 ⁵Jehoiachin was ⁶eighteen * years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem; and his mother's name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

9 He did evil in the sight of the LORD, ⁷according to all that his father had done.

2 Kings 24:6-9 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. Jeremiah 22:18, 19
• 2. Jeremiah 37:5-7
• 3. Jeremiah 46:2
• 4. Genesis 15:18
• 5. 1 Chronicles 3:16
• 6. 2 Chronicles 36:9
• 7. 2 Kings 21:2-7