Nehushta

How Nave’s arranged it

• Wife of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and the mother of Jehoiachin2 Kings 24:62 Kings 24:8

The passages, in Bible order (2)

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1. 2 Kings 24:6

   And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.

   ›Commentary on 2 Kings 24:62 voices

   “Bands - For Nebuchadnezzar's army was made up of several nations, who were willing to fight under the banner of such a puissant and victorious emperor. The sins - Properly and directly for their own sins, and occasionally for the sins of Manasseh, which had never been charged upon them, if they had not made them their own by their repetition of them.

   “Jehoiakim slept with his fathers--This phraseology can mean nothing more than that he died; for he was not buried with his royal ancestors; and whether he fell in battle, or his body was subjected to posthumous insults, he was, according to the prediction (Jer 22:19), not honored with the rites of sepulture (Jer 36:30).

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2. 2 Kings 24:8

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

   ›Commentary on 2 Kings 24:82 voices

   “Jehoiachin--that is, "God-appointed," contracted into Jeconiah and Coniah (Jer 22:24). eighteen years old when he began to reign--At the age of eight his father took him into partnership in the government (2Ch 36:9).

   “There is an excellent and significant illustration in the book of Kings, showing how the sin of fornication is prevented by an attack of pride.

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