2 Kings 24:6

And Jehoyakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoyachin his son became king in his stead.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.

In Context

5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoyakim, and all that he did, behold, they are written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah.

7And the king of Egypt came no more again out of his land; for the king of Babylon had taken from the brook of Egypt unto the river Euphrates all that had pertained to the king of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:6Against him came up Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and he bound him with fetters, to carry him away to Babylon.

Jeremiah 22:18Therefore thus hath said the Lord concerning Jehoyakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, They shall not lament for him, with, “Woe, my brother!” and, “Woe, sister!” they shall not lament for him, with “Woe, lord!” and, “Woe, to his glory!”

Matthew Henry on 2 Kings 24:2-8

Jehoiakim Subdued by Nebuchadnezzar. ( b. c. 599.) 1 In his days Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant three years: then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the Lord sent against him bands of the Chaldees, and bands of the Syrians, and bands of the Moabites, and bands of the children of Ammon, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the Lord , which he spake by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely at the commandment of the Lord came this upon… Read the whole commentary →

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