2 Kings 24:6

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

4and also for the innocent blood which he shed, for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; and the Lord was unwilling to forgive. 5Now the rest of the acts of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? So Jehoiakim lay down with his fathers, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place. 7Now the king of Egypt did not come out of his land again, because the king of Babylon had taken everything that belonged to the king of Egypt from the brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates. 8Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned for three months in Jerusalem; and his mother’s name was Nehushta the daughter of Elnathan of Jerusalem.

2 Kings 24:6 word by word

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֥ב יְהוֹיָקִ֖ים עִם־אֲבֹתָ֑יו וַיִּמְלֹ֛ךְ יְהוֹיָכִ֥ין בְּנ֖וֹ תַּחְתָּֽיו׃Read the interlinear

• Jehoiakimיְהוֹיָקִיםyehôyâqîym · JehoiakimH3079
• layשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• downשָׁכַבshâkab · to lie down: be deadH7901
• with his fathersאָב'âb · fatherH1
• and his sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• Jehoiachinיְהוֹיָכִיןyehôyâkîyn · JehoiachinH3078
• becameמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• kingמָלַךְmâlak · to reignH4427
• inתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478
• his placeתַּחַתtachath · underneath: insteadH8478

Cross-references for 2 Kings 24:6

• 2 Chronicles 26:6Now he went out and fought against the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod; and he built cities in the area of Ashdod and among the Philistines.
• Jeremiah 22:18Therefore this is what the Lord says regarding Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: “They will not mourn for him: ‘Oh, my brother!’ or, ‘Oh, sister!’ They will not mourn for him: ‘Oh, for the master!’ or, ‘Oh, for his splendor!’
• Jeremiah 36:30Therefore this is what the Lord says concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be thrown out to the heat of the day and the frost of the 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

Topics related to 2 Kings 24:6

• Babylon
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jehoiachin
• Jehoiakim
• Nehushta

In the dictionaries

• Jehoiachin
• Jehoiakim
• Apt
• Babylonians
• Chesed
• Israel, History of
• Jeremiah (2)
• Jerusalem
• Kings, Books of
• Names, Proper

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