2 Chronicles 36:9-10
New English Translation
Jehoiachin’s Reign
9 Jehoiachin was eighteen[a] years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did evil in the sight of[b] the Lord. 10 At the beginning of the year King Nebuchadnezzar ordered him to be brought[c] to Babylon, along with the valuable items in the Lord’s temple. In his place Nebuchadnezzar made Jehoiachin’s relative[d] Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:9 tc The Hebrew text reads “eight,” but some ancient textual witnesses, as well as the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:8, have “eighteen.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 tn Heb “sent and brought him.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:10 tn Heb “and he made Zedekiah his brother king.” According to the parallel text in 2 Kgs 24:17, Zedekiah was Jehoiachin’s uncle, not his brother. Therefore many interpreters understand אח (ʾakh) here in its less specific sense of “relative” (NEB “made his father’s brother Zedekiah king”; NASB “made his kinsman Zedekiah king”; NIV “made Jehoiachin’s uncle, Zedekiah, king”; NRSV “made his brother Zedekiah king”).
2 Chronicles 36:9-10
Common English Bible
Jehoiachin rules
9 Jehoiachin was 18[a] years old when he became king, and he ruled for three months[b] in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the Lord’s eyes. 10 In the springtime, King Nebuchadnezzar sent for him to be brought to Babylon, along with valuable equipment from the Lord’s temple. Then he made Zedekiah his uncle the next king of Judah and Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:9 LXX, 2 Kgs 24:8; MT eight
- 2 Chronicles 36:9 2 Kgs 24:8; MT adds and ten days.
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