So Jehoiakim [a]slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

¶ And the king of Egypt came no more out of his land: for the king of Babylon had taken from the river of Egypt, unto the river [b]Perath, all that pertained to the king of Egypt.

¶ Jehoiachin was eighteen years old, when he began to reign, and reigned in Jerusalem three months. His mother’s name also was Nehushta, the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Kings 24:6 Not that he was buried with his fathers, but he died in the way, as they led him prisoner toward Babylon, read Jer. 22:19.
  2. 2 Kings 24:7 Or, Euphrates.

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