Jehoiachin Reigns

So (A)Jehoiakim [a]lay down with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place. Now (B)the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, (C)because the king of Babylon had taken everything that belonged to the king of Egypt from (D)the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

(E)Jehoiachin was (F)eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:6 I.e., died

Jehoiakim rested(A) with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin(B) his son succeeded him as king.

The king of Egypt(C) did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon(D) had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Jehoiachin King of Judah(E)

Jehoiachin(F) was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name was Nehushta(G) daughter of Elnathan; she was from Jerusalem.

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