2 Kings 24:6
in 2 Kings 24And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
KJV
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
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This verse in 2 Kings 24
Commentary
8 notes on this verseSo Jehoiakim slept with his fathers,.... He died as they did, but was not buried with them, and indeed had no burial at all, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah, Jer 22:18 for, falling into the hands of the king of Babylon, he was bound in chains, in order to be carried to Babylon, but died as soon as he came out of Jerusalem, at the gates of which he was cast, and had no burial, 2Ch 36:
This site's exposition
the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim
on 2 Kings 24:5-7
Jehoiakim "rested with his fathers," and the formula records no burial. Jeremiah had said he would be buried like a donkey, dragged off and thrown out beyond the gates. His son Jehoiachin succeeds him, though by Jeremiah 36:30 none of his line would sit long on the throne of David.
This site's exposition
Jehoiakim rested with his fathers
His son is also called Jeconiah and Coniah, and Albert Barnes renders all three names as forms of YHWH will establish. 2 Chronicles 36:6 has Nebuchadnezzar binding Jehoiakim in bronze shackles to take him to Babylon. John Gill holds that he died at the city gate.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers; but it is not said that he was buried with them, for no doubt the prophecy of Jeremiah was fulfilled, that he should not be lamented, as his father was, but buried with the burial of an ass ( Jer. xxii.
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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.
The Nineteenth Century3 voices
Jehoiachin his son - As this man reigned only three months and was a mere vassal to the Babylonians, his reign is scarcely to be reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah says of Jehoiakim, He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, Jer 36:30, for at that time it belonged to the king of Babylon, and Jehoiachin was a mere viceroy or governor. Jehoiachin is called Jechonias in Mat 1:11.
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
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).
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Jehoiachin - Also called Jeconiah and Coniah. Jehoiachin and Jeconiah both mean “Yahweh will establish,” Coniah, “Yahweh establishes.” Probably his original name was Jehoiachin. When he ascended the throne, and was required to take a new name, anxious not to lose the good men contained in his old one, he simply transposed the two elements. Jeremiah shortened this new name from Jeconiah to Coniah, thus cutting off from it the notion of futurity, to imply that that would not be which the name declared would be. In other words, “Yahweh establishes,” but this prince he will not establish.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב | vaiyishkav | and he lay down | H7901 → | 212 times |
| יְהוֹיָקִ֖ים | yehoyakim | Jehoiakim | H3079 → | 37 times |
| עִם־ | ʾim- | with | H5973 → | 1050 times |
| אֲבֹתָ֑יו | ʾavotav | ancestors his | H1 → | 1212 times |
| וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ | vaiyimlokh | and he became king | H4427 → | 348 times |
| יְהוֹיָכִ֥ין | yehoyakhin | Jehoiachin | H3078 → | 10 times |
| בְּנ֖וֹ | beno | son his | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| תַּחְתָּֽיו׃ | tachtav | in place of him | H8478 → | 505 times |
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥בand he lay down
vaiyishkavH7901 →212 times
יְהוֹיָקִ֖יםJehoiakim
yehoyakimH3079 →37 times
עִם־with
ʾim-H5973 →1050 times
אֲבֹתָ֑יוancestors his
ʾavotavH1 →1212 times
וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְand he became king
vaiyimlokhH4427 →348 times
יְהוֹיָכִ֥יןJehoiachin
yehoyakhinH3078 →10 times
בְּנ֖וֹson his
benoH1121 →4930 times
תַּחְתָּֽיו׃in place of him
tachtavH8478 →505 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Jeremiah 36:30Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 22:30
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or…
- 2 Kings 24:12–15
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him…
- Jeremiah 22:30
Through
2 Chronicles 36:6Then Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against Jehoiakim and bound him with bronze shackles to take him to Babylon.
it leads to
- 2 Chronicles 33:11
So the LORD brought against them the military commanders of the king of Assyria, who captured Manasseh, put a hook in his nose, bound him with bronze shackles, and took him to Babylon.
- Daniel 1:1–2
In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it.
- 2 Kings 24:13–20
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king…
- Habakkuk 1:5–10
“Look at the nations and observe—be utterly astounded! For I am doing a work in your days that you would never believe even if someone told you.
- Ezekiel 19:5–9
When she saw that she had waited in vain, that her hope was lost, she took another of her cubs and made him a young lion.
- 2 Chronicles 33:11
Through
2 Chronicles 36:8As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, the abominations he committed, and all that was found against him, they are indeed written in the Book of the Kings of Israel and Judah.…
it leads to
- 2 Kings 24:5–6
As for the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim, along with all his accomplishments, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah?
- 2 Kings 24:5–6
Where this verse is studied
What the record shows
1 entry- Jehoiachin (Jeconiah/Coniah) — attested in contemporary inscriptionundisputed
Babylonian ration tablets (Jehoiachin ration records, Ishtar Gate archive)
Biblical figure (King of Judah, 598-597 BC) identified in extra-biblical epigraphy.
About 2 Kings
Who and where
1 name in this verse with a page on the site.
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.