2 Kings 24:8
in 2 Kings 24Jehoiachin 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.
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign; and he reigned in Jerusalem three months: and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
KJV
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months. And his mother’s name was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.
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This verse in 2 Kings 24
Commentary
3 notes on this verseJehoiachin was eighteen years old when he began to reign,.... In 2Ch 36:9 he is said to be but eight years old; which may be reconciled by observing, that he might be made and declared king by his father, in the first year of his reign, who reigned eleven years, so that he was eight years old when he began to reign with him, and eighteen when he began to reign alone (q).
This site's exposition
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old
on 2 Kings 24:8-9
Jehoiachin's brief three months in Jerusalem carries an old textual question, since 2 Chronicles 36:9 gives his age as eight rather than eighteen. Gill and Clarke read the two numbers together by supposing a co-regency, crowned young alongside his father and reckoned differently by each book's own convention, though the text itself gives no such explanation. His mother Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem, is named as every queen mother in this book is named, a detail that matters again when she is carried into exile with him. Verse 9 measures him against his father Jehoiakim and finds him no different, a son who ruled one season and sinned by the same standard.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Jehoiachin was eighteen years old - He is called Jeconiah, 1Ch 3:16, and Coniah, Jer 22:24. In 2Ch 36:9, be is said to be only eight years of age, but this must be a mistake; for we find that, having reigned only three months, he was carried captive to Babylon, and there he had wives; and it is very improbable that a child between eight and nine years of age could have wives; and of such a tender age, it can scarcely be said that, as a king, he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord.
The words behind it
16 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [was] a son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה | shemoneh | eight- | H8083 → | 109 times |
| עֶשְׂרֵ֤ה | ʾesreh | teen | H6240 → | 338 times |
| שָׁנָה֙ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
| יְהוֹיָכִ֣ין | yehoyakhin | Jehoiachin | H3078 → | 10 times |
| בְּמָלְכ֔וֹ | bemalekho | when became king he | H4427 → | 348 times |
| וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣ה | usheloshah | and three | H7969 → | 432 times |
| חֳדָשִׁ֔ים | chodashim | months | H2320 → | 284 times |
| מָלַ֖ךְ | malakh | he reigned | H4427 → | 348 times |
| בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑ם | birushalim | in Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
| וְשֵׁ֣ם | veshem | and [the] name of | H8034 → | 864 times |
| אִמּ֔וֹ | ʾimo | mother his | H517 → | 220 times |
| נְחֻשְׁתָּ֥א | nechushta' | [was] Nehushta | H5179 → | |
| בַת־ | vat- | [the] daughter of | H1323 → | 588 times |
| אֶלְנָתָ֖ן | ʾelnatan | Elnathan | H494 → | |
| מִירוּשָׂלִָֽם׃ | mirushalim | from Jerusalem | H3389 → | 643 times |
בֶּן־[was] a son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
שְׁמֹנֶ֨הeight-
shemonehH8083 →109 times
עֶשְׂרֵ֤הteen
ʾesrehH6240 →338 times
שָׁנָה֙year[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
יְהוֹיָכִ֣יןJehoiachin
yehoyakhinH3078 →10 times
בְּמָלְכ֔וֹwhen became king he
bemalekhoH4427 →348 times
וּשְׁלֹשָׁ֣הand three
usheloshahH7969 →432 times
חֳדָשִׁ֔יםmonths
chodashimH2320 →284 times
מָלַ֖ךְhe reigned
malakhH4427 →348 times
בִּירוּשָׁלִָ֑םin Jerusalem
birushalimH3389 →643 times
וְשֵׁ֣םand [the] name of
veshemH8034 →864 times
אִמּ֔וֹmother his
ʾimoH517 →220 times
נְחֻשְׁתָּ֥א[was] Nehushta
nechushta'H5179 →
בַת־[the] daughter of
vat-H1323 →588 times
אֶלְנָתָ֖ןElnathan
ʾelnatanH494 →
מִירוּשָׂלִָֽם׃from Jerusalem
mirushalimH3389 →643 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 22:28Is this man Coniah a despised and shattered pot, a jar that no one wants? Why are he and his descendants hurled out and cast into a land they do not know?
it leads to
- Hosea 8:8
Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.
- Psalms 31:12
I am forgotten like a dead man, out of mind. I am like a broken vessel.
- Jeremiah 48:38
On all the rooftops of Moab and in the public squares, everyone is mourning; for I have shattered Moab like an unwanted jar,” declares the LORD.
- Hosea 8:8
Through
Jeremiah 22:24“As surely as I live,” declares the LORD, “even if you, Coniah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, were a signet ring on My right hand, I would pull you off.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 37:1
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made Zedekiah son of Josiah the king of Judah, and he reigned in place of Coniah son of Jehoiakim.
- Jeremiah 37:1
Through
Jeremiah 24:1After Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had carried away Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, as well as the officials of Judah and the craftsmen and metalsmiths from Jerusalem, and had brought them to…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:2
(This was after King Jeconiah, the queen mother, the court officials, the officials of Judah and Jerusalem, the craftsmen, and the metalsmiths had been exiled from Jerusalem.)
- 2 Chronicles 36:10
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and…
- Jeremiah 29:2
Through
1 Chronicles 3:16The successors of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, and Zedekiah.
it leads to
- 2 Kings 24:6
And Jehoiakim rested with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin reigned in his place.
- Matthew 1:11
and Josiah the father of Jeconiah and his brothers at the time of the exile to Babylon.
- 2 Kings 24:6
Where this verse is studied
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About 2 Kings
Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonExileJehoiachinCarried to Babylon after three months' reign; the captive king lifted from prison to the king's table in the book's final scene —…
- PlaceJerusalemJerusalemThe city David took from the Jebusites and made his capital, where Solomon built the temple, where Christ was crucified and rose,…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament.