2 Kings 24:12

24:12 King Jehoiachin of Judah, along with his mother, his servants, his officials, and his eunuchs surrendered ¹  to the king of Babylon. The king of Babylon, in the eighth year of his reign, ²  took Jehoiachin ³  prisoner.

2 Kings 25:8

Nebuchadnezzar Destroys Jerusalem

25:8 On the seventh ⁴  day of the fifth month, ⁵  in the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Nebuzaradan, the captain of the royal guard ⁶  who served the king of Babylon, arrived in Jerusalem. ⁷ 

[24:12]  ¹ tn Heb “came out.”

[24:12]  ² sn That is, the eighth year of Nebuchadnezzar’s reign, 597 b.c.

[24:12]  ³ tn Heb “him”; the referent (Jehoiachin) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

[25:8]  ⁴ tn The parallel account in Jer 52:12 has “tenth.”

[25:8]  ⁵ sn The seventh day of the month would have been August 14, 586 b.c. in modern reckoning.

[25:8]  ⁶ tn For the meaning of this phrase see BDB 371 s.v. טַבָּח 2, and compare the usage in Gen 39:1.

[25:8]  ⁷ map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.