2 Kings 24:6

So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.

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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 Jehoiakim, and all that he did, aren’t they written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Judah?

7The king of Egypt didn’t come out of his land any more; for the king of Babylon had taken, from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates, all that belonged to the king of Egypt.

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Cross References

2 Chronicles 36:6Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up against him, and bound him in fetters to carry him to Babylon.

Jeremiah 22:18Therefore the LORD says concerning Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They won’t lament for him, saying, ‘Ah my brother!’ or, ‘Ah sister!’ They won’t lament for him, saying ‘Ah lord!’ or, ‘Ah 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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