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He passed away[a] and his son Jehoiachin replaced him as king. The king of Egypt did not march out from his land again, for the king of Babylon conquered all the territory that the king of Egypt had formerly controlled between the Stream of Egypt and the Euphrates River.

Jehoiachin’s Reign over Judah

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. His mother[b] was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan, from Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:6 tn Heb “lay down with his fathers.”
  2. 2 Kings 24:8 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”