2 Chronicles 36:9
Jehoiachin was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem: and he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD.
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Barnes' Notes
Eight years old - Rather, eighteen (see the marginal reference). Jehoiachin had several wives and (apparently) at least one child Jer 22:28, when, three months later, he was carried captive to…
The destruction of Judah and Jerusalem is here coming on by degrees. God so ordered it to show that he has no pleasure in the ruin of sinners, but had rather they would turn and live, and therefore…
(1Es 1:43-45; cp. 2Ki 24:8-17). The Reign of Jehoiachin
The account given in 2 Kin. contains much that is not given in Chron. and, in particular, many details of the first captivity of Judah.