2 Kings 24:6

24:6

passed away <07901> [A.M. 3405. B.C. 599. slept]

As Jehoiakim was "buried with the burial of an ass," by being "drawn and cast forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem," without internment, the expression "slept with his fathers," can only mean that the died, or slept the sleep of death. In the East, a body exposed during the night would be a prey to wild animals; if any of it were left till the morning, the carnivorous birds would devour it.

Jehoiachin <03078> [Jehoiachin.]

As this man reigned only three months, and was a mere vassal of the king of Babylon, his reign is scarcely reckoned; and therefore Jeremiah (ch. 31:30) says of Jehoiakim, "he shall have none to sit upon the throne of David."

2 Kings 24:8

24:8

Jehoiachin <03078> [Jehoiachin.]

[Jeconiah.]

[Coniah.]

[Jechonias.]

eighteen years <08141 08083> [eighteen years.]

In the parallel place, he is said to be only eight years old; but this must be a mistake, for we find that having reigned only three months, he was carried captive to Babylon, and there had wives; and had he been of such a tender age, it could scarcely have been said that, as a king, "he did that which was evil in the sight of the Lord."