God’s Word Translation
2 Kings 24:6
6Jehoiakim lay down in death with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiakin succeeded him as king.
2 Kings 24:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers: and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead.
- New International Version (NIV)Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors. And Jehoiachin his son succeeded him as king.
- English Standard Version (ESV)So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
- New King James Version (NKJV)So Jehoiakim rested with his fathers. Then Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place.
Context of 2 Kings 24:6
4including the innocent blood he had shed. He had a lot of innocent people in Jerusalem killed, and the Lord refused to forgive him. 5Isn’t everything else about Jehoiakim—everything he did—written in the official records of the kings of Judah? Jehoiakim lay down in death with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiakin succeeded him as king. 7The king of Egypt didn’t leave his own country again because the king of Babylon had taken all the territory from the River of Egypt to the Euphrates River. This territory had belonged to the king of Egypt. 8Jehoiakin was 18 years old when he began to rule as king. He was king for three months in Jerusalem. His mother was Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan from Jerusalem.
Read all of 2 Kings 242 Kings 24:6 word by word
וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב יְהוֹיָקִ֖ים עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יְהוֹיָכִ֥ין בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 2 Kings 24:6
- 2 Chronicles 26:6Uzziah went to wage war against the Philistines. He tore down the walls of Gath, Jabneh, and Ashdod. He built cities near Ashdod and elsewhere among the Philistines.
- Jeremiah 22:18This is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim, son of Judah’s King Josiah: People won’t mourn for him and say, “How horrible it is for my brother and sister!” They won’t mourn for him and say, “How horrible it is for my master and his splendor!”
- Jeremiah 36:30This is what the Lord says about King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his own corpse will be thrown out and exposed to the heat of day and the cold of night.
Commentaries on 2 Kings 24:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6Jehoiachin his son - As this man reigned only three months and was a mere vassal to the Babylonians, his reign is scarcely to be reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah says of Jehoiakim, He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David, Jeremiah 36:30, for at that time it belonged to the king of Babylon, and Jehoiachin was a mere viceroy or governor. Jehoiachin is called Jechonias in Matthew 1:11.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6Jehoiachin - Also called Jeconiah and Coniah. Jehoiachin and Jeconiah both mean “Yahweh will establish,” Coniah, “Yahweh establishes.” Probably his original name was Jehoiachin. When he ascended the throne, and was required to take a new name, anxious not to lose the good men contained in his old one, he simply transposed the two elements. Jeremiah shortened this new name from Jeconiah to Coniah, thus cutting off from it the notion of futurity, to imply…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6Jehoiakim died in 598 BC, likely during Nebuchadnezzar’s second attack on Jerusalem. Josephus says Nebuchadnezzar executed Jehoiakim (see Josephus, Antiquities 10.6.3; compare Jeremiah 22:18–19; 36:30–31).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 66. Jehoiakim slept with his fathers--This phraseology can mean nothing more than that he died; for he was not buried with his royal ancestors; and whether he fell in battle, or his body was subjected to posthumous insults, he was, according to the prediction (Jr 22:19), not honored with the rites of sepulture (Jr 36:30). Jehoiachin his son reigned in his stead--The very brief reign of this prince, which lasted only three months, during which he was a…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 2 Kings 24
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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