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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
2Ki 24:8 — 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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Jehoiachin
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1Ch 3:16; Jer 24:1; Jeconiah. Jer 22:24,28; Jer 37:1; Coniah. Mat 1:11,12; Jechonias |
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eighteen years
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"In the parallel place, he is said to be only eight years old; but this must be a mistake, for we find that having reigned only three months, he was carried captive to Babylon, and there had wives; and had he been of such a tender age, it could scarcely have been said that, as a king, ""he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD."" 2Ch 36:9" |
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1Ch 3:16 |
And the sons of Jehoiakim: Jeconiah his son, Zedekiah his son. |
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Jer 24:1 |
The LORD shewed me, and, behold, two baskets of figs [were] set before the temple of the LORD, after that Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon had carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, and the princes of Judah, with the carpenters and smiths, from Jerusalem, and had brought them to Babylon. |
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Jer 22:24 |
[As] I live, saith the LORD, though Coniah the son of Jehoiakim king of Judah were the signet upon my right hand, yet would I pluck thee thence; |
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Jer 22:28 |
[Is] this man Coniah a despised broken idol? [is he] a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure? wherefore are they cast out, he and his seed, and are cast into a land which they know not? |
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Jer 37:1 |
And king Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim, whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah. |
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Mat 1:11 |
And Josias begat Jechonias and his brethren, about the time they were carried away to Babylon: |
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Mat 1:12 |
And after they were brought to Babylon, Jechonias begat Salathiel; and Salathiel begat Zorobabel; |
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2Ch 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. |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "2 Kings 24:8," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/2Ki/24/8.html>.
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